No. 9. — 1856-8.] NEW CEYLON COLEOPTERA, 



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lias reference to the affinity of the insect to the two genera just- 

 mentioned, whilst the specific name " moclrsta," refers to its 

 inconspicuous colours. Amongst its- peculiarities weight ought 

 to be laid upon the plumpness of the palpi, in fact all other 

 parts of the mouth and even the whole head, which was very: 

 striking to me. 



Like many of my best Garabidce I found this insect at night, 

 on the table, whither it had been attracted by the light. The* 

 anterior tarsi are dilated and furnished with hairy brushes, 

 belowj. longest at the apex of the lobes of the fourth joint, 



II. Elliotia. n. g. JS\. 

 Fam. Carabid^ 

 Trib. Lebiim. 



Corpus subconvexum, ovatum. Caput mediocre, oculis inaxiniis„. 

 Mentum leviter transversim emarginatuin, edentatum, lobis acuininatis. 

 Ligula submembranacea apice truncata, paraglossis coimatis lnargineni 

 anteriorem parum superantibus, obtusis. Palpi elongati, art. ultimo- 

 elliptico, acuminata. Labrum magnum trans versum, integrum, .mandi-. 

 bulas fere obtegens. Mandibular validee, edentate. Antennas robustae fili- 

 formes, humeros, superantes, art. 1° mediocri, 2° brevi, 3° quinti popre 

 longitudine, 4° proecedente breviore, 2-4 obconicis, 5-10 aequalibus, 

 cylindricis, 11° praecedente tertia. parte longiore, 4-11 pilosis. Thorax 

 parvus, capita minor, transversus, longitudine duplo latior ; antice leviter- 

 emarginatus,. lataribus elevato-marginatus, ante medium lateribus ro- 

 tundatus, medio fortiter angulatus, infra modium valde abrupteque 

 angustatus, basi truncatus, subtn 5 * cylindricus. Scutellum leviter- 

 excavatum. Elytra ovata, marginata, apice sat fortiter truncata. 

 Pedes omnes subeequales, simpliees, tenues, tarsis cplindricis art. 3-4 

 magis minus ve trigonis, unguibossimplicibus. Prosternum carinatum. 



In honorem, Dom. Hon. Walteri Ellioti (Maderaspatani), naturalistaa 

 djligentissimi, meritissimi, nomen imposui. 



9-, Elliotia pallipes, N. 



E. supra nigra, nitida, thorace scutelloque rufo-testaceis, labro elytr- 

 orumque limbo atque sutura brunneo-testaceis ; subtus piceus, pectore 

 rufo-testaceo, pedibus albidis, his geniculis oreque (palpis obscurioribus- 

 exceptis) testaeeis. Long. corp. 2| lin. 



Caput ad. antennarum insertionem et inter oculos utrinque profunde 

 impressum. Thorax basi rugosus, ante medium utrinque uni-impressus > 

 linea media longitudinali divisua. Elytra punctata -striata, infra humeros 

 leviter impressa, 



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