JAN. — MAR. 1857.] Descripiiom of new Ceylon ColeojJtera. 1T3 
angustatus, basi truncatus, subtus cylindricus. Scutellum leviter 
excavatum. Elytra ovata, marginata, apice sat fortiter truncata. 
Pedes omnes subsequales, simplices, tenues, tarsis cylindricis art. 
3-4 magis minusve trigonis, unguibus simplicibus. Prosternum 
carinatum. 
In honorem Dom. Hon. Walter! Ellioti (Madaraspatani), natu - 
ralistae diligentissimi, meritissimi, nomen imposui. 
13. ElUotia pallipes. N. 
E. supra nigra -nitida, thorSce scutelloque rufo-testaceis, labro 
elytrorumque limbo atque s«itura brunneo-testaceis ; subtus piceus, 
pectore rufo-testaceo, pecjjbus albidis, his geniculis oreque (palpis 
obscurioribus exceptis) testaceis. Long. corp. 2^ lin. 
Caput ad antennarum insertionem et inter oculos utrinque pro- 
funde impressum. Thorax basi rugosus, ante medium utrinque 
uni-impressus, linea media longitudinal! divisus. Elytra punctato- 
striata, infra humeros leviter impressa. 
In ripis lacus Colombensis sub veget. putrescent, mens. Jul. 
non infrequenter legi. Agilis est et avolare semper expeditus. 
A pretty and very interesting little insect, about whose systema- 
tic position I am not quite satisfied, however I provisionally place 
it towards the end of the true Lebiid^. I find it most to agree 
with the descriptions of the g. Pentagonica S. G. and Rhomhodera 
E. with neither of which, however, it is identical. The head is 
distinguished by the large and prominent eyes and four deep im- 
pressions, two larger ones at the root of the antennae, two smaller 
ones between the eyes, also by a very distinct neck which connects 
it with the thorax ; the labrum is large, transverse and entire with 
the angles rounded off and the base narrowed ; the mentum is but 
slightly transversely emarginated, edentate ; the ligula is truncat- 
ed at the tip, the paraglossae adhere to it, reach a little beyond it 
and are obtuse at the apex ; the palpi are rather long with the last 
joint elliptic, acuminate; the antennae are strong, filiform and reach 
beyond the shoulders, joints 5-10 are of equal length and cylin- 
dric, 4-11 are pilose. The most remarkable part of the insect is, 
however, the thorax which is of a sub-rhomboidal shape, trans- 
