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68 Lescriptiofis of new Ceylon CoJeaptera. [yo. 1, new series. represented in Europe. Of the three CI iv etnas }ast descrited, single specimens only have been in my possession for a considerable time. There are three or four more species met with about Colombo but these being of common occurrence I abstain from describing them here as they may possibly be amongst those described by Putzeya or others from the Indian continent.

Fam. EHIPIPflOPwIDES.

10. Rhipiphorus tropicus. X. ^ R. niger, nitidus, elytiis albidis, nigio-maculatis, labro paipis, antennis (pectine nigrescente excepto) un^uibusque brunneis, im- presso-punctatus, punctis magnis sed non profundis, subtas sub- orbicularibus pUiferis, supra oblongis laeyibus. Long. corp. 2^ lin. lat. ad humeros f lin.

Caput oblongum, latitudine paulo longius, parte frontis inferiore dense profundeque punctata, vertice obtuse obconico glabro, niti- dissimo, occipite pLloso. Thorax elevatus, ad basin 2-impressus, medio angulo obtuso, apice ezcayato, glabro, inter elytra producto. Elytra ad suturam utrinque stria lata brunnea punctata impressa, acuminata, apice dehiscentia, albida vel subhyalina, apicibus, medio utrinque et ad basin nigro-maculata. Alae apice fuscas. Pedes tarsis anticis art. 2-4 unguibusque bindis omnibus brunneis, tarsis subtus setosis, anticis art. 2 — 3 primo que apice, subtiliter sericeo- penicillatis.

Specimen singulum m. prope Colombo, in floribus legi. De me- tamorphosi adhuc nihil constat.

The head is rather long in proportion to its width, the occiput is narrowed, short obconic. The hind part of the thorax is elevated aboTe the elytra. The central part of its base is prolonged between the elytra in an obtuse angle, the apex of which is abruptly trun- cated, excavated and polished. The labrum is hairy and the ungues of the tarsi bifid as usual.

The tibiae of the anterior legs are furnished at the apex with one, those of the 4 posterior legs with two spurs. The anterior tarsi