TRICLIOTSTA. 
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with distinct transverse depression below the base, strongly 
punctate-striate within depression only, very finely so over the rest 
of the surface, the interstices below the shoulders slightly costate, 
punctures on the same area deep. Femora strongly thickened, 
armed with a distinct tooth beneath. Prosternum subquadrate, 
punctate. 
Var. Above nearly black, apex of elytra paler. 
Length 24 mm. 
Ilab. Ceylon : Kandy. 
In shape this species agrees nearly with T. variabilis , Jac., but 
the thorax is more closely punctured (in the variety more strongly 
so) and the elytra have the lateral interstices below the shoulders 
costate ; the legs are dark with the exception of the apex of the 
tibiae and the tarsi. 
S22. Tricliona nigra, sp. n. 
Black, shining ; basal joints of antennae flavous. 
Oblong-ovate. Head impunctate, black ; eyes extremely large, 
the diameter of each wider than the intermediate space; clypeus 
subquadrate, nearly smooth, separated from the face by a transverse 
sulcus ; antennae extending nearly to the apex of the elytra, 
slender, black, basal four joints flavous, second and third joints 
nearly equal in length, fourth longer, following joints slightly 
shorter and thicker. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides rounded, 
surface finely and rather obsoletely punctured. Elytra wider at 
the base than the thorax, distinctly depressed and punctate-striate 
below the base, more finely punctured towards apex, interstices 
feebly longitudinally convex. Femora with a minute tooth. Body 
beneath smooth and impunctate. Prosternum transverse, strongly 
punctured. 
Vcir . Above obscure fulvous, sides more or less black. 
Length 3 mm. 
Hah. Southern India : Nilgais (. H . L. Andrewes). 
Differs from T. indiccc , Jac. in its constantly smaller size and less 
elongate shape ; the eyes are larger and more closely approximate 
in both sexes, the colour deep black in most specimens. 
823. Tricliona sulcipennis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Eelg. xlviii, 1904, 
p. 388. 
Obscure fulvous ; disc of thorax, sides of breast, knees, and 
apex of tibiae black. 
Head stained with piceous, entirely impunctate; clypeus 
distinctly separated from the face, wedge-shaped ; eyes broadly 
emarginate ; antennae extending beyond t he middle of the elytra, 
basal three joints fulvous, rest piceous. Thorax transverse, lateral 
margins strongly rounded, constricted anteriorly, basal margin 
