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SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
II.—Vertex long and anteriorly rotundate; 
bent ... ... ... Neocollyris 
A. —Feelers sometimes short, towards the 
apex strongly incrassated; intermediate 
space between the two longitudinal sulci 
of the front more or less convex, the two 
sulci convergent behind ; middle part of 
the prothorax in the front distinctly con¬ 
stricted (collum sharply formed), lateral 
part of the metasternum widely and 
densely punctated-pilose. 
(а) Distance from the fore-margin of the 
labrum to the fore-margin of the pro- 
notum longer than the prothorax ... crassicornis, Dej.* 
(б) --- shorter than the prothorax ... saundersi, Ghd. 
B. —Feelers slightly incrassated; inter¬ 
mediate space of the front plain, the 
two sulci not convergent behind; 
middle part of the prothorax without 
distinct collum in the front, lateral 
part of the metasternum Avith a small 
and scarcely punctured space ... punctatella, Chd. 
C. f—Feelers long and thin (intermediate 
space of the front parallel and plain : 
teste descriptionibus), middle part of 
the prothorax without distinct collum, 
(a) Length 19J mm., pronotum deeply 
and densely (transversely) plicated, 
elytra almost always equally densely 
and coarsely sculptured (the whole 
metasternum densely pilose ?) ... plicaticollis, Chd. 
(&) Length 12-J mm., pronotum moder¬ 
ately plicated, elytra towards the 
base and apex evidently liner and 
scarcer sculptured (lateral part of 
the metasternum not pilose ?) ... ceylonica, Chd. 
Synopsis of the Tpicondyla, sp. 
I —Vertex without circular constriction ... Tricondyla , sp. 
A.—Two last joints of all palpi reddish 
brownish ... ...granulifera, Motschf 
* Surface of the body violaceous or black, 
t Chaudoir’s descriptions are not very perfect. 
I Sub-sp. rugosa , Chd., only differs from the type by the elytra more inflate 
and coarser sculptured. 
