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JQOTKAIi II. A. B. (CEYLON). 



{Tol. III. 



67. Spathinus nigricbps. N. 



S. Alatus, tenuiter hirsutus, brunneo-testaceus, capite nigro, elytris 

 apice fuscis, ore, antennis pedibusque testaceis ; long. corp. 1£ lin. 



Capite inter antennas profundius 2-foveolatus, fronte medio leviter 

 depressa ; thorace lssvi linea longit. media diviso ; elytris juxta suturam 

 obsolete striatis. 



68. EUPLYNES DOHRNII. N. 



E. ovatus, subconvexus, rufo-testaceus, oculis nigris, elytris viridibus, 

 femoribus apice tarsisque geniculis fuscescentibus ; long. corp. vix 4£ 

 lin. 



Capite inter antennas bifoveolato ; antennis art. 2° brevi, reliquis sub- 

 sequalibus ; palpis art. ultimo sub-elliptico truncato, labialibus elongatis ; 

 thorace breviter transversim cordato antice posticeque truncato, longi- 

 tudine sesqui latiore, depresso, lateribus basique elevato, hie leviter 

 bifoveolato, angulis basalibus subrectis leviter rotundatis, linea med. 

 ongitud. diviso, subtiliter transversim ruguloso ; elytris ovatis leviter 

 dilatatis thorace duplo fere latioribus, striatis, in regione basali in stria 

 3 a , ad et infra medium in stria 2 a puncto impressis, in regione media 

 utrinque depressis ante apicem leviter angustatis et sinuatis, apice 

 levissemi transversim truncatis angulo interno in spinam producto ; 

 pedibus tibiis fortiter tarsisque 4 posticis dorso modice costatis. 



In campis silvisque prov. occid, et in montibus prov. central, usque alt. 

 4000 ped. sub vegetab. per oceasionem copiose legi. 



This insect frequents localities of a very different nature : 

 I have taken it in great abundance in the Negombo district 

 in hot, sandy, fields, under heaps of weeds, &c; but I have 

 also taken it on the banks of the Colombo lake, and in the 

 damp forests of Pussellawa, 4,000 feet above the sea, under 

 fallen trees. Its favourite haunt, however, appears to be the 

 former description of locality. It would appear to be very 

 distinct from the E. Cyanipennis described by Schmidt-Gcebel 

 in his " Col. Birm." in thorax, sculpture of apical part, and 

 position of punctures of elytra, costated four post, tarsi, &c. 

 On the other hand the curious depression of the elytra, which 

 has much the appearance of being accidental, is the same. 

 It occurs also in my genus Anchista. I am not quite satisfied 

 with the description of the ligula and tarsi as given by Schmidt- 

 Goebel. The former I should call "truncated at the apex, anterior 



