62 Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. [no. 1, new series, 



2. Chlcenius 5-maculatus. N. 



C. praecedente major, minus convexus, latior, rugosus, pubescens; 

 supra obscure nigro-viridis, capite viridi-aeneo, nitente, glabro, ely- 

 tris maculis 5 flavis; subtus piceus ; pedibus, elytrorum margine 

 antennisque flavis, ore thoracisque margine magis minusve brun- 

 neis. Long, corp. 6| lin. 



Caput ante oculos leviter 2-impressum, punctulatum. Antennae 

 art. 3° quarto plus sesqui longiore. Thorax subquadrato-rotun- 

 datus, latitudine haud brevior, dorso planus, ad basin 2-impressus, 

 rugosus, pilosus. Elytra subdepressa, subtiliter striata, rugosa, 

 pilosa, maculis 2 humeralibus, 2 intermediis, 1 apicali flavis or- 

 nata. 



Specimen singulum m. in lacus Colombensis ripis sub gramini- 

 bus putrescentibus legi. 



Not less distinguished than ti e former, especially by the round- 

 ed shape of the thorax and the 5 yellowish spots with which the 

 elytra are adorned. These are arranged in the following manner : 

 2 small ones at the shoulders, 2 large transverse ones at the mid- 

 dle stretching from the external margin towards the suture reach- 

 ing, however, but little more than half across, 1 at the apex ; this 

 is of the shape of a hammer, and half in one and half in the other 

 elytron. The palpi appear to me longer and more markedly 

 elbowed at the joints than is usual with insects of this genus, the 

 last joint is deeply excavated at the tip. The thorax is of sub- 

 orbicular form, the back and hind part are flat, the sides slightly 

 depressed, the margin sharp, the basal impressions very near the 

 angles ; it is, as are also the elytra, rough and finely pubescent, the 

 striae of the latter being thereby rendered obsolete. Legs of m. 

 stout, anterior tarsi strongly dilated. 



3. Chlcenius pulcher. N. 



C. elongatus, subconvexus, subglabratus, aeneo-viridis, elytris 

 obscurioribus, limbo pedibusque flavis, subtus piceus. Long. corp. 

 6} lin. 



Caput oblongum nitidissimum, ante oculos 2-impressum. Men- 

 turn dente fortiter excavato. Antennae art. 3° quarto sesqui Ion- 



