Ceylon Coleoptera, $t. 7 1 



Capite inter oculos 2 -fovelato-sulcato, oculis medioeribus, antennis 

 fortius filiformibus art. 3° reliquis breviore ; thorace breviter transversirn 

 cordato antice posticeque truncato, hand emarginato, basi subquadrato. 

 angulis basalibus elevatis sed haud foveolatis. linea latitud. basali pro- 

 funda, infra lineam strigoso, linea media longit. diviso : elvtris oblongo- 

 ovatis utrinque juxta suturam 4-striatis, striis externis et his apicem 

 versus obsoletis, in striis punctatis. infra roarginem stria profunda 

 abbreviata, ante medium et apicem in interstitio 4° puncto magno im_ 

 pressis, punctis anteapicalibus piliferis in sulcum ad apicem prolongates 

 semicirculum formantibus : tarsis 4 anterioribus art. 4° subtus apice 

 spinis squamulaceis 2 instructo. 



In prov. occid. copiosum. 



Of light brown color, the hear] darker, the elytra blackish 

 on the back with a slight bine reflect, the base, sides and 

 apex brownish. The colors being more or less washed into 

 each other no distinct pattern is observable. The brown spot 

 of the apex, however, is generally pretty clearly set off from 

 the adjoining dark part, The paraglossae are hardlv longer 

 than the lignla which itself is rather large. The antennae are 

 rather hairy and strongly filiform, ( not, as in most other 

 species, increasing in thickness towards the apex the joints 

 growing at the same time more and more oval), joint 3 is the 

 shortest, 2 and 4 are rather longer than the other. The back 

 is impressed with 3-4 distinct striae on either side of the 

 sntnre, the external ones being obsolete as are also the re- 

 maining ones towards the apex. There is an additional deep 

 stria within the marginal one, extending from the middle to 

 the apex. Before the middle and before the apex there is a 

 puncture situated upon the 4th interstice, the anteapical one 

 of these has a hair in the centre and is prolonged to the apical 

 angle in the shape of a deep, curved furrow. This being the 

 case on either side, the two furrows together form a semicircular 

 figure. The tarsi are each furnished with bristles, especially 

 at the lower margin of the apex of the joints. In the four 

 anterior tarsi joint 4 is furnished at that place with two long 



