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HALTIOINJE. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations and inter- 

 antennal carina feebly developed, the former separated from 

 the front by two oblique channels which meet in the centre. 

 Antennae slender, extending beyond the middle of the elytra; 

 first segment long and club-shaped, second shorter, much thicker 

 than third, the latter slender, hardly longer than the second, 

 fourth longer than third, fifth to ninth more elongate, slender, 

 the last two somewhat shorter. Prothorax somewhat broader 

 than long, sides almost straight, anterior lateral angles slightly 

 thickened ; surface gently convex and impunctate. Scutellum 

 small, triangular, with apex rounded and surface smooth and 

 impunctate. Elytra somewhat broader at base than prothorax,. 

 sides almost parallel, apex rounded ; surface indistinctly, 

 minutely and confusedly punctate. Hind wings present. Under- 

 side: posterior tibia) somewhat broadened at the apex, with 

 the usual spinules on the outer edge, and ending in a spine; 

 first segment of the corresponding tarsi half the length of the 

 tibia. 



Length, 1| mm. 



Ceylon : Ivandy, vi. 1908 (6'. E. Bryant) ; Peradeniya, 

 12. x. 1913 (A. Rutherford) ; Bogawantalawa, 4900-5200 ft., 

 21.iii-4.iv.1882 (G. Lewis). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from eight examples. 



The specimen collected by Mr. Lewis is much darker brow T n in 

 general colour than the others. 



276. Longitarsus championi, sp, nov. 



Body suboblong ; wingless. Colour dark brownish, not an 

 uniform brown ; head somewhat darker brown ; clvpeus black ; 

 the basal segment and four or five apical segments of the antenna? 

 slightly darker brown ; dorsum of abdomen black, which shows 

 through the more or less transparent elytra; front and middle 

 legs lighter brown ; apices of posterior femora black. 



Head : vertex impunctate, frontal elevations slightly developed, 

 interantennal carina present. Antennae about as long as the 

 body ; first segment long and club-shaped, second shorter than 

 first, thicker than, and about equal in length to, the third, 

 fourth longer than third, fifth to eighth about equal, the following 

 segments somewhat thicker. Prothorax broader than long, sides 

 (viewed from above) oblique but straight, slightly widening 

 towards the front angles, which are thickened, posterior angles 

 rounded, each bearing a fine seta; surface very finely, sparsely 

 and indistinctly punctate, and this can only be seen under a high 

 power. Scutellum triangular, with apex rounded, surface smooth 

 and impunctate. Elytra somewhat broader at base than pro- 

 thorax ; surface finely but distinctly punctate, the punctures not- 

 very close to each other on the disc but closer along the sides, 

 and arranged more or less in longitudinal rows. Underside r 



