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Descriptions of New 



picea, peJibus, aLdoiiiine, antennis oreque testaceis. Long. corp. vix 

 1/5 lin. 



Thorax ampins, elytris sesqui minor, convexus, angulis posticis liumeros 

 vix superantibus. Elytra oblonge quadrata, angulis rotundatis, sub- 

 depressa, truncata, abdomen totum vel fere totum obtegentia. Coxge pos- 

 ticse approximate. Tarsi typicis minus elongati, art. 3° prascedentibus 

 baud multo longiore. 



Cum T. cursitante vietitat ; frequenter legu 



A very pretty and very distinguished species. Its most 

 striking peculiarity consists in the posterior coxae, which are 

 as little distant from each other as thosu of the anterior legs, 

 and almost touch each other, and also in the shortness of the 

 tarsi. The head with the antenna?, the mesosternuin, the 

 tibiae, which are incrassated in the middle, the posterior coxae, 

 with regard to the enlargement, are quite typical. However, 

 the thorax and elytra differ again from those of T. cursitans, 

 (which in every respect may be looked upon as the typical 

 representative of the family in Ceylon, and which is here re- 

 ferred to as such) the former by the shortness of the posterior 

 angles, which can hardly be said to envelope the shoulders, the 

 elytra by being less or not at all narrowed behind, giving an 

 oblong rather than an oval shape to the insect* Although in 

 length only about one half shorter, it is in bulk certainly one 

 fourth smaller than T. cursitans, and, although probably the 

 smallest Ceylon beetle, it is distinguished at first sight. 



13. Ptilium subquadratum. N. 



P. subquadratum, subconvexum, pilosum, obscure aeneo-testaceuni, 

 tliorace dilutiore. Long, corp \ lin. 



Caput mediocre. Antennarum clava art. 1° inverte conico, 2° sub- 

 cylindrico, ultimo elongato-ovato. Thorax convexus, angulis basalibus 

 liumeros fortissime amplectentibus, apicem versus valde rotundatus, apice 

 leviter sinuatus. Elytra quadrata, abdomen non totum obtegentia. 

 Scutellum parvum. Pedes robusti tibiis apicem versus incrassatis, tarsis 

 art. 3° primi secundique longitudine, his subbilobis subtus penicillatus^ 

 coxis posticis simplicibus distantibus. Mesosternum non carinatum. 



