6& Descriptions ofneiv Ceylon Coleopiera. [no. 3, new series, 



suhlus tarsis 2 ant. art. 1-4, intermed art. 2°-4° squamularum 

 longepedunculatarum seriebus duabus munitis. 

 53. Compsolepis foliolosa. N. 



L. glabra, supra obscure brunnea, thoracis elytrorumque limbo tes- 

 taceo, subtusbrunneo-testacea; pedibus albidis; antennis art. 3pri- 

 mis flavis, reliquis nigrescentibus ; palpi3 art. 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 I 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 with 2 longitudinal series of peduncled squamulse 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 



