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HALTICINiE. 



segments equal to each other. Prothorax much broader than 

 long, sides rounded and narrowly margined, margins reflexed ; 

 surface finely and more strongly punctate, the stronger punctures 

 sparsely distributed, the liner punctures closer. Scutellum tri- 

 angular, im punctate. Elytra hardly broader at base than pro- 

 thorax, widened towards the middle, very closely and finely 

 punctate, the punctures being stronger than those of the 

 pronotum. 



Length, 4-5 k mm. ; breadth, 3-3^ mm. 



Ceylon : Bogawantalawa (G. Lewis) ; Kandy (tvpe-locality), 

 1546-1727 ft., 17-23. ii\ 1882 (G. Lewis); Balangoda, 1776 ft,; 

 Galle, on coast level, 27. xi-4. xii. 1881 ; Colombo, 27. xi-4. xii. 

 1881 ; Kitulgalle, 1700 ft., 17-20. i. 1882 ; Nuwara Eliya, 6234- 

 8000 ft., 8. ii. 1882 (collected by Gr. Lewis from all these localities). 



Type in the British Museum. 



This species shows certain abnormalities, in that in one and the 

 same specimen the two antennas may be differently coloured, 

 or one elytron may differ from the other in coloration. It is 

 unfortunate that Jacoby selected one such example as the type. 



317. Sebsethe lychnites, sp. nov. 



Body oblong. Colour clear shining brownish-yellow ; scutellum 

 darker : eyes black. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal tubercles oblique with a 

 deep impressed line between them, interantennal carina sharply 

 raised, clypeus concave. Antennas slender, extending to about 

 the middle of the elytra ; first segment long and club-shaped, 

 second small, third about twice as long as second, fourth about as 

 long as third (in certain aspects the fourth may appear to be 

 slightly longer than the third), fifth and following segments 

 somewhat shorter and about equal to each other. Prothorax 

 much longer than broad, sides rounded with their margins some- 

 what explanate and reflexed, each of the four lateral angles with 

 a fine seta ; surface sparsely and distinctly punctate. Scutellum 

 triangular, smooth and impunctate. Elytra slightly broader at 

 base than prothorax, more or less parallel-sided, margins some- 

 what explanate ; surface confusedly, distinctly and more or less 

 closely punctate, the punctures more strongly impressed than 

 those of the pronotum. Underside covered with fine hairs ; 

 abdominal sternites punctate. 



Length, 6 mm. ; breadth, 3^- mm. 



Buema : Ruby Mines (Doherty). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from one example, in 

 which there are some black spots on the pronotum and on the 

 left elytron and one or two on the right elytron, but these appear 

 to be accidental. 



