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Show 1887.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF CEYLON. 83 tvlZZ^fl pUn?tured at the si<*es. where the interstices are Dunct?tfj*f TfY- raised; the a P e x of each elytron is simply punctate-striate and the interstices are flat. P ' Galle. theTunn^aUer. S!f-6' • rem°tely Punctured thorax, and the colour of tne upper parts distinguish this species from its allies. DERMORRHYTIS IGNEOFASCIATA, Baly. (Plate X. fig. 5.) M E L A S O M A DIVISI, sp. nov. Fulvous ; terminal joints of the antenna, and the scutellum black ; elytra distinctly punctured, testaceous, the suture and a longitudinal greenish. ytr°Q' ^^ ^ '** P°Steri°r P°rt">n, metallic Length 2 lines. Head extremely finely punctured, longitudinally depressed at the miactle Antennae short, the six terminal joints transversely shaped and black, the others fulvous. Thorax more than three times broader than long, slightly narrowed in front, the sides but little rounded, the posterior margin broadly rounded at the middle and slightly produced; the surface with a few minute punctures at the sides. Scutellum black. Elytra rather strongly and closely punctured, the shoulders prominent, the lateral margin slightly thickened and the space in front impunctate; at the middle of *the disk a broad metallic green band is placed, commencing at the base and extending with its inner division below the middle, the outer portion being prolonged in a narrow stripe to the apex of each elytron, where it is joined to the similarly coloured sutural margin. Legs more or less stained with piceous. A single specimen. HALTICA (GRAPTODERA) (?) NIGRIPENNIS, sp. 110V. Flavous ; thorax transverse, impunctate, the transverse groove not extending to the sides ; elytra black, extremely finely and closely punctured. Var. Antennse and legs piceous. Length 2 lines. Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles obsolete, scarcely raised. Antennse half the length of the body, the second joint very shortj the five following joints slightly triangularly shaped and widened' the rest more elongate. Thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rather rounded at the middle, the angles obsolete, surface entirely impunctate, impressed near the base with a shallow transverse groove not extending to the sides. Scutellum flavous. Elytra nearly parallel, very finely punctured (in one specimen impunctate), black ; the first joint of the posterior tibise as long as the two following joints together; claws appendiculate; the anterior coxal cavities open. The present species has certainly not many of the typical characters peculiar to Graptodera; the more transverse thorax, the 6* |
