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HALTICIN^. 



Bcutellum broad, triangular, with apex rounded and surface 

 smooth and impunctate. Elytra hardly broader at base than 

 prothorax, broadly ovate and broadly rounded at apex ; surface 

 minutely but not very closely punctate, the punctures visible 

 under high power. 

 Length, 4J mm. 



Nilgiri Hills. Bombay : Belgaum (Andrewes Coll.). Cam- 

 bodia (type-locality). Mentawei Islands : Sipora, v-vi. 1894 



(Modigliani). 



Duvivier, not having seen Baly's type, doubtfully identified from 

 the description an example from Kurseoug, collected by P. Braet ; 

 see Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvi, 1892, p. 425. Apparently this 

 species has a wide distribution. 



Type in the British Museum. 



Genus ALYTUS, Jacoby. 

 Alytus, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 98. 

 Genotype, Alytus ceylonensis, Jac. 



Body ovate, broadest in the middle, constricted between the 

 prothorax and the elytra, strongly pointed towards the apex. 

 Head broad ; eyes strongly convex ; frontal tubercles prominent. 

 Antennae longer than the body, slender, except the first two 

 segments, which are more thickened than the others. Prothorax 

 narrowed behind, broadest in front, strongly convex, with a trans- 

 verse channel in front of the base. Elytra punctate-striate. 

 Underside : prosternum narrowly elongate, much longer than 

 broad ; anterior coxal cavities open ; mesosternum distinct, sub- 

 quadrate ; posterior femora strongly incrassate ; posterior tibia? 

 with an acute spine on the underside at the apex ; first segment 

 of posterior tarsi as long as the two following segments together ; 

 claws appendiculate. 



Range. Ceylon. 



327. Alytus ceylonensis, Jacoby. 



Alytus ceylonensis, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 98. 



Body ovate, constricted between the prothorax and the base of 

 the elytra, broadened in the middle and pointed behind. Colour 

 shining brown ; apices of posterior femora piceous. 



Head broad, vertex convex and impunctate, frontal tubercles < 

 strongly raised. Antennae longer than the body, sparsely covered 

 with siivery hairs, the apical segments not thickened ; first seg- 

 ment long and thickened, second shorter but thicker than third, 

 the latter slightly shorter than the fourth, fifth equal to fourth, 

 sixth equal to seventh, the rest almost equal to each other except 

 the last, which is slightly shorter and pointed. Prothorax almost 

 as broad as long, broadest at the front and constricted behind, 

 sides obliciuebut nearly straight, front and basal margins straight, 



