Ceylon Coleoptera, Sfc. 4 1 



elytra have the usual rudimentary costas at the shoulders and 

 are seperately rounded off at the apex. The legs are middling, 

 2 posterior coxaa inserted close together, trochanters all simple, 

 tibise slightly bent at the base, narrowed and subcylindric at 

 the tip, the 4 anterior ones hairy, tarsi with joints 2-3 sub- 

 equal, the first a little longer and the 4th shorter, the 2 

 anterior ones slightly contracted. I include in this species 

 some individuals which slightly differ from the foregoing 

 description, being more robust, covered more densely and 

 with longer hair, especially on the occiput and thorax, with 

 the latter rather obconico-ovate and the costaa of the elytra 

 more distant, and moreover occasionally of a chestnut color, 



30. SCYDMJENUS jnibescens. K". 



S. praecedente gracilior ; long. corp. § lin. Antennae art. 3 et 4, 5 et 

 6 inter se subaequalibus, subcylindricis, 7° secundo paulo minore, fortiter 

 eylindrico, 8-10 subglobosis cum 11° conico clavam formantibus. Palpi 

 maxill. art. 3° inverte conico, 4° minuto. Mandibulae tenues, medio ob- 

 tuse obsoleteque uni-dentatae, basi abrupte dilatatae. Thorax conicus, 

 latitudine haxid longior, basi 4-foveolatus. Elytra et pedes prsecedentis, 

 tibiis tamen apice leviter arcuatis* 



Less robust than the former, and further distinguished from 

 it by the 7th antennal joint, (the one preceding the club) 

 which is of a strongly cylindric shape, by the minuteness of 

 the last joint of the maxillary palpi, the obtuse and nearly 

 obsolete tooth of the mandibles, the short-conical form of the 

 thorax, and the tibiae which are slightly bent at the apex. 



31. Scydm^nus pygmaus. 



S. statura et colore prsecedentis sed longius pubescens et sesqui minor ; 

 long. corp. ^ lin. Antennae art. 4 et 4, 5 et 6 inter se subaequalibus, 7° 

 majore, ovato, 8-10 subglobosis, fortius compressis cum llo clavam for- 

 mantibus, hoc magno, obconico, apice obtuso. Palpi maxill. art. 2o 

 tenuiore, 3° inverte conico, 4° minuto. Mandibulae obsolete uni-dentatee- 

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