CCENOBIUS. 
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pointed or rounded. Scutellum lanceolate. Elytra with strong 
epipleural lobes, regularly punctate-striate. Prosternum broader 
than long. 
The most reliable character for distinguishing this genus is the 
structure of the eyes, which meet at the top of the head ; the 
dilated terminal joints of the antennae and the structure of the 
prosternum are subject to variation, although the former organs 
are never long and filiform as in Cryptoceplialus proper. 
314. Ccenobius insularis, Weise, Deut. ent. Zeit. 1903, p. 34. 
Black ; antennae and legs fiavo-testaceous, last four or five joints 
of antennae and the intermediate and posterior femora darkened. 
Thorax convex, smooth and shining, with a row of strong punc- 
tures round lateral and basal margins only. Elytra with inner 
rows of punctures narrow and moderately strong, outer rows much 
broader and deeper ; sometimes only the posterior femora dark- 
ened ; sides of metasternum irregularly punctured in single rows, 
these are, however, doubled anteriorly and posteriorly ; projection 
of basal margin of thorax very small and rounded. 
Length 1*5 mm. 
Hab. Ceylon : Kandy, AVeligama. 
315. Ccenobius laevicollis, Jac. (Buchans) Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1899, 
p. 265. 
Black ; basal joints of antennae, lower portion of face and legs 
fulvous. 
Upper portion of head entirely occupied by the eyes, which meet 
at top ; clypeus fulvous ; labrurn piceous ; antennae extending to 
base of thorax, terminal six joints widened, basal five fulvous. 
Thorax strongly transverse, sides strongly deflexed, lateral margins 
nearly straight, narrowed anteriorly, anterior margin preceded by 
a narrow groove, posterior margin with a row of deep punctures, 
surface impunctate, sides with a narrow oblique groove, the middle 
lobe on the posterior margins pointed. Scutellum lanceolate. 
Elytra evenly and strongly punctate-striate, the punctures deep at 
base, the basal margin strongly transversely carinate, interstices 
broad and flat at inner disc, lateral two distinctly convex and 
narrower. 
Length l|-2 mm. 
Hab. Teuasserim : Tavoy ; Sumatra. 
This little species was placed in Buchans , but wrongly so because 
of the contiguous eyes. The Sumatran specimens differ in no way 
from those obtained by Doherty in Teuasserim. The thorax in 
some specimens is more or less fulvous at sides or base, while the 
elytra show likewise a slight fulvous tint, probably due to imma- 
turity of the specimens examined. 
