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SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
DIAGNOSIS OF A NEW SPECIES OF ELATERID£ IN THE 
COLOMBO MUSEUM. 
By 0. Schwarz. 
C Berlin.') 
Adelocera subaurata , n. sp. 
~X~T~IGRO-FUSCA, squamulis subauratis, dense vestita; fronte 
impressa, dense punctata; prothorace latitudine paullo 
longiore, lateribus paullo arcuatis, antrorsum paullo angustato, 
dense sat fortiter punctato, haud canaliculato, angulis posticis 
divaricatis, rectis haud carinatis ; elytris prothoracis latitudine, a 
medio rotundatim attenuatis, dorso haud impressis, seriatim 
punctatis, interstitiis planis, dense punctulatis; corpore subtus 
nigro, nitidiore, dense punctato, brevissime breviterque griseo= 
pilosulo, pedibus fuscis. Long. 18 mm., lat. 3^ mm. 
Brownish black, thickly beset with short golden yellow scales. 
The frontal ‘area is concave, densely punctate ; the prothorax 
is somewhat longer than broad, with slightly rounded and 
anteriorly narrowed sides, strongly pitted. The wing-covers are 
as broad as the prothorax, rounded and narrowing from the 
middle backwards, with longitudinal rows of pits and flat finely 
punctate interspaces. 
The lower surface is beset with very fine gray hairs; the legs 
dark brown. 
This species is related to A . tumulosa , Cand. 
