68 Lescriptiofis of new Ceylon CoJeaptera. [yo. 1, new series. 
represented in Europe. Of the three CI iv etnas }ast descrited, single 
specimens only have been in my possession for a considerable time. 
There are three or four more species met with about Colombo but 
these being of common occurrence I abstain from describing them 
here as they may possibly be amongst those described by Putzeya 
or others from the Indian continent. 
Fain. EHIPIPflOPwIDES. 
10. Rhipiphorus tropicus. X. 
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R. niger, nitidus, elytiis albidis, nigio-maculatis, labro paipis, 
antennis (pectine nigrescente excepto) un^uibusque brunneis, im- 
presso-punctatus, punctis magnis sed non profundis, subtas sub- 
orbicularibus pUiferis, supra oblongis laeyibus. Long. corp. 2^ lin. 
lat. ad humeros f lin. 
Caput oblongum, latitudine paulo longius, parte frontis inferiore 
dense profundeque punctata, vertice obtuse obconico glabro, niti- 
dissimo, occipite pLloso. Thorax elevatus, ad basin 2-impressus, 
medio angulo obtuso, apice ezcayato, glabro, inter elytra producto. 
Elytra ad suturam utrinque stria lata brunnea punctata impressa, 
acuminata, apice dehiscentia, albida vel subhyalina, apicibus, medio 
utrinque et ad basin nigro-maculata. Alae apice fuscas. Pedes 
tarsis anticis art. 2-4 unguibusque bindis omnibus brunneis, tarsis 
subtus setosis, anticis art. 2 — 3 primo que apice, subtiliter sericeo- 
penicillatis. 
Specimen singulum m. prope Colombo, in floribus legi. De me- 
tamorphosi adhuc nihil constat. 
The head is rather long in proportion to its width, the occiput is 
narrowed, short obconic. The hind part of the thorax is elevated 
aboTe the elytra. The central part of its base is prolonged between 
the elytra in an obtuse angle, the apex of which is abruptly trun- 
cated, excavated and polished. The labrum is hairy and the ungues 
of the tarsi bifid as usual. 
The tibiae of the anterior legs are furnished at the apex with one, 
those of the 4 posterior legs with two spurs. The anterior tarsi 
