62 Descriptions ofmvo Ceylon Coleoptera. [no. 3, new series, 
subtus tarsis 2 ant. art. 1-4, intermed art. squamularum 
longepedunculatarum seriebus duabus munitis. 
53. Compsolepis foliolosa. N. 
L. glabra, supra obscure brunnea, thoracis elytrorumque limbo tes- 
taceo, subtus brunneo-testacea; pedibus albidis; antennis art. 3pri- 
mis flavis, reliquis^nigrescentibus ; palpisVrt. -ultimo testaceo, reli- 
quis flavis ; thorace ad angulos basales profundius foveolato ; ely- 
tris striatis ; prosterno canaliculato ; long. corp. 3-4 lin. 
Specimina nonnulla mens. Octob. prope Colombo nocte ad lumen 
cepi. * 
The internal vesture of the tarsi of these otherwise inconspicu- 
ous insects, constitutes their most important character and is alto- 
gether of a very interesting nature. I proceed at once to describe 
it at full length, premising that / believe I have both the male and 
female before me. The individual which I take to be the male is 
smaller and of a darker color than the other. The legs, with the 
exception of the tarsi, are the same in both sexes. They are of 
middling strength, the tibiae are furnished with 2 spurs at the inner 
side of the apex, which spurs are finely serrated along their inner 
edge, the tarsi have joints 1-3 of the first pair slightly dilated, the 
posterior pair is elongated, subcylindric and the intermediate one 
forms a passage between the two. Joints 1-3 of the first pair de- 
crease gradually in size, joint 1 being at the same time subcylind- 
ric, joint 2 rather cordiform and joint 3 rather triangular, joint 4 in 
all the six tarsi is bilobed in the male and bifid in the female, this 
character being, however, less distinctly expressed in the 2 post, 
tarsi than in the 4 ant. ones ; joint 5 is large and the claws strong 
and simple, a membranaceous process of triangular form covers the 
base of the latter above. 
The internal vesture of the 4 ant. tarsi of the male is of the fol- 
lowing description. The inner part of joints 1-4 of the 2 ant. ones 
is furnished ivith 2 longitudinal series of peduncled squamulae which 
are of a broad, triangular form and lie like tiles upon each other co- 
vering the sole of the tarsus, they are flanked by bristles which 
partake of the nature of the scales being dilated in the shape of a 
lancet. These squamulse are without any particular color, they 
