No. 9."— 1856-8.] new ceylon coleoptera. 



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A large and distinguished species. The head is very 

 rugose, the clypeus is contracted behind the apical angles, and 

 then produced again into another pair of angles. The labrum 

 is transverse, slightly sinuated in front, with the angles rounded 

 and setose. The menfcum is quadrate, the lobes rounded at 

 the apex and slightly sulcated, the tooth is strong, of equal 

 length with lobes, and of the typical spear-headed form. The 

 ligula has the apical angle much elongated, terminating in a 

 membranaceous bristle which is bifurcate at the tip. The 

 maxillary palpi have the last joint elongate, cylindrico-conic : 

 that of the labial ones is still more elongate, elliptic. The 

 antennae have the basal joints elongate, those towards the tip 

 rounded. They and the legs are hairy, otherwise the insect 

 is of a bright polished surface. 



5. Clivina elongatula. N. 



'C. elongata, subdepressa, supra nigro-picea, subtus picea, pedibus 

 elytroramque margine castanies, antennis oreque dilutioribus. Long, 

 corp. vix 3 lin. lat, f lin. 



Caput triangulare, subtiliter punctato-rugosum. Palpi articulo ultimo 

 apice leviter truncate. Thorax oblonge quadratus, infra apicem leviter 

 sinuosus, parce obsoleteque transversim strigosus. Ely tra striata, in striis 

 punctata, ad striam 3 m utrinque 4 punctata. Subtus parce punctata. 



Ebi raecedentem frequenter legi. 



I have not dissected the labium of this species, which, how- 

 ever, is at once recognised by its depressed and, in proportion 

 to its width, very long shape. The labrum, antennae, and legs s 

 are so much like those of the former, that they need no further 

 description. 



6. Clivina maculata. N. 



C. picea, elytris ferrugineis infra medium macula nigra obsolet 

 ornatis, pedibus intermed, et post, oreque brunneo-testaceis, pedibus ant. 

 antennisque obscurioribus. Long corp. 2 lin. 



Caput oblonge quadratum, rugosum, costis 5 magis minusve interrupts 

 ad marginem anteriorem in dentes 4 productis mimitum. Palpi art. ulti- 

 mo basi intus incrassatto. Antennae art. 2-3 subsequalibus. Thorax sub- 

 quadratus leviter rotundatus. Elyl ra striata in striis prof unde punctata. 



Dbi praeeedentes specimen singulum legi. 



