jan. mar.— 1857.] Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. £01 



robust than the others. The insect is easily distinguished by its 

 general appearance. 



40. iScydmcenus pyriformis. N. 



S. supracastaneus, subtusbrunneo-testaceus, pedibus antennisque 

 dilutioribus, tarsis palpisque flavo-testaceis, antennarum clava ni- 

 gricante ; long. corp. \ lin. 



Antennae art. 3-8 fere subaequalibus excepto 5° parum longiore, 

 8° subgloboso, minore, 9-10 subglobosis majoribus, cum 11° acu- 

 minato clavam formantibus. Palpi, maxill. art. 3° inverte conico, 

 4° minuto. Thorax obovatus, basi 2-foveolatus. Pedes coxis 2 

 posticis distantioribus ; tibiis 2 anterioribus basi apiceque leviter 

 arcuatis, reliquis subsimplicibus ; tarsis art. 2-3 subsequalibus. 



A pretty little species, at once distinguished by its color which 

 is chestnut, darker at the base and suture of the elytra, and light, 

 more or less brownish or yellowish, below, the antennse being of 

 the latter color with a nigrescent club. The occiput is slightly 

 narrowed, the head altogether plump, heavy and transverse. The 

 antennal club is composed of 3 subglobose joints the last of which 

 is acuminated and slightly cut away on one side as in some of the 

 preceding species. The thorax is obovate, broadest below the 

 middle and gradually narrowed towards the apex. The elytra 

 have the usual two shoulder-ridges and are rather strongly dehiscent 

 at the apex. The posterior coxae are rather distant at the base ; 

 the tibiae are slightly angustated and subcylindric at the apex, the 

 4 anterior ones hairy, the first pair moreover slightly bent at the 

 base and apex, but the rest nearly straight. 



41. Scydmcenus angusticeps. N. 



S. castaneus, an tennis pedibusque dilutioribus, tarsis palpisque 

 testaceis ; long. corp. I lin. 



Caput magnum subtrigonum, occipite fortiter angustato, hoc cum 

 thorace longe pilosis. Antennae art. 3 et 4, 5 et 6 inter se subse- 

 qualibus, 7-11 gradatim majoribus, vel 9-10 subaequalibus, sub- 

 globosis, 8-10 leviter depressis, cum 11 ° clavam formantibus. Palpi 

 maxill. art. 2° tenuiore, 3° inverte conico, 4° mediocri, conico- 

 acuminato. Thorax obconicus basi subquadratus, 2-sinuatus et 4- 

 foveolatus. Elytra costis 2 fortioribus abbreviatis. Tibiae subrectae. 



