66 Description* of new Ceylon Coleoptera. [no. 1, new series, 



Caput rugosum, inter oculos elavatum, elevatione plana antice 

 profimde 1-impressa. Mentum lobis subtiliter sulcatis. Antennae 

 robustoe, thoracis medium vix attingentes, art. ultimo elongato, 

 penultimo — , art. 2° tertio sesqui longiore. Thorax subquadratus, 

 antice parum angustatus, elytrorum latitudine, subtus parce punc- 

 tatus, prosterno sulcato. Elytra striata, in striis punctata. Pedes 

 tibiis anterioribus apice extus 4-dentatis, subtus excavatis, tibiis 

 reliquis fortiter spinosis, tarsi articulis margine apicali setoso. 



In prov. occid. sub vegetabilibus putrescentibus infrequentissime 

 iegi. 



A large and distinguished species. The head is very rugose, 

 the clypeus is contracted behind the apical angles and then pro- 

 duced again into another pair of angles. The labrum is transverse, 

 slightly sinuate in front, with the angles rounded and setose. The 

 mentum is quadrate, the lobes rounded at the apex and slightly 

 sulcated, the tooth is strong, of equal length with the lobes and of 

 the typical spearheaded form. The ligula has the apical angle much 

 elongated, terminating in a membranaceous bristle which is bifur- 

 cate at the tip. The maxillary palpi have the last joint elongate, 

 cylindrico-conic; that of the labial ones is still more elongate, ellip- 

 tic. The antennae have the basal joints elongate, those towards 

 the tip rounded. They and the legs are hairy, otherwise the insect 

 is of a bright polished surface. 



8. Clivina elongatula. N. 



C. elongata, subdepressa, supra nigro-picea, subtus picea, pedi- 

 tms elytrorumque margine castaneis, antennis oreque dilatioribus. 

 Long. corp. vix. 3 lin. lat. § lin. 



Caput triangulare, subtiliter punctato-rugosum. Palpi articulo 

 ultimo apice leviter truncate Thorax oblonge quadratus, ante 

 apicem leviter sinuosus, parce obsoleteque transversim strigosus. 

 Elytra striata, in striis punctata, ad striam 3 ra utrinque 4-punctata. 

 Subtus parce punctata. 



Ubi praecedentem specimen singulum legi. 



I have not dissected the labium of this species, which, however, 



