Ceylon Coleoptera, Sfe. 



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L Chl^E-NIUS pulcher. N. 



C. elongates, subcdnvexus, subglabratus, ceneo-viridis, elytris ob~ 

 scurioribus, limbo pedibusque ilavis, subtus piceus. Long. corp. 6| lin. 



Caput oblongum nitidissimum, ante oculos 2-impressum. Mentum 

 dente fortiter excavate Antenna? art. 3° quarto sesqui longiore. Thorax 

 obcordatus basi angustatus quadratus, latitudine antica quarta parte 

 longior, parce punctulatus, antice lateribus deflexus, postice dorsoque 

 planus, basi 2-impressus. Elytra striata, ad strias, prsecipue apicem 

 versus, subtilissime pilosa, flavo -margin ata. Pedes (lavi, spinuliscastaneis, 

 Abdomen flavo-marginatum. 



Specimen singulum m. in ripis Mahse-Oyae iluvii prope Xegombo cepi. 



Distinguished by its elongate shape. The head is of a 

 bright green colour with the lahrum and the mandibles of a 

 deep, and the antenna? and palpi of a light brown, the latter 

 being darkened towards the end. The thorax is of the same 

 colour as the head, reflecting a copper hue from the back, its 

 anterior angles are obtuse, the basal ones being right. The 

 elytra are of the same greenish copper colour but darker, they 

 are impressed with longitudinal lines, which are bordered on 

 each side by a row of minute hairs. They as well as the 

 abdomen have yellowish margins. 



2. CiiLiENius rugidosus. N. 



C. subconvexus, subglabratus, thorace occipiteque rugulosis cupreis, 

 elytris nigro-viridibus, pedibus, elytrorum limbo lunulisque apicalibus 

 flavis, subtus piceus, abdomine apice margineque Ilavis. Long. corp. 

 6! lin. 



Caput fronte 2-impressum, subtilissime longitudinaliter rugulosum. 

 Menti dens laciniis extus rotund atis. Thorax ovatus basi quadratus, 

 lateribus valde deflexus, postice obsolete 2-impressus, parce punctatus, 

 subtiliter transversim rugulosus. Elytra striata, striis apicem versus per 

 paiia coeunsibus, ad strias pilosa, apice utrinque lunula ilava signata. 



