408 



HALTICIN^E. 



AntennsB nearly as long as the body ; first segment long and club- 

 shaped, second thicker than, hut equal to, third, fourth somewhat 

 longer than third and equal to fifth ; the last four somewhat 

 thickened. JProthoracc transversely quadrate, sides straight, pos- 

 terior margin very slightly sinuate, anterior angles obliquely 

 truncate and slightly thickened; surface with a deep, strongly 

 sinuate, transverse impression near the base, containing some 

 punctures and extending nearly to the posterior angles, the latter 

 produced into a tubercle ; surface convex and impunctate. 



Fig. 133. — Monohia apicieornis, Jac. 



Scutellum small, triangular, impunctate. Elytra with a well- 

 marked basal depression, shoulders prominent; surface strongly 

 punctate-striate, each elytron with eleven rows including a short 

 scutellar row, and the punctuation diminishing towards the apex ; 

 interstices slightly costate near the sides on the basal part. 

 Underside : prosternum rather broad. 

 Length, 2± mm. 



Ceylon : Dikoya, 3800-4200 ft., 6.xii. 1881-16. i. 1882 

 (G. Lew's); Bogawantalawa, 4900-5200 ft., 21. iii.-4. iv. 1882 

 (6r. Leivis). 



Type in the British Museum, 



