. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. metasternum very finely (nat. size). There appears to be very little differenceexternally between the sexes ; the singlemale I have seen is rather smaller, on an average, than thefemales, and has the elytra somewhat less narrowed at the 21-25 millim. Ceylon : Kekirawa, Kanthalai, Palatupana, Trincomali (Dr. , May), Chilaw, North-West Province (E. E. Green, Jan. 1910). 53. Tricondyla nigripalpis, W. Horn. Tricondyla nigripalpis, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1894,p. 224; id., Spol. Zeyl.
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. metasternum very finely (nat. size). There appears to be very little differenceexternally between the sexes ; the singlemale I have seen is rather smaller, on an average, than thefemales, and has the elytra somewhat less narrowed at the 21-25 millim. Ceylon : Kekirawa, Kanthalai, Palatupana, Trincomali (Dr. , May), Chilaw, North-West Province (E. E. Green, Jan. 1910). 53. Tricondyla nigripalpis, W. Horn. Tricondyla nigripalpis, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1894,p. 224; id., Spol. Zeyl. 1904, ii, p. 39. This species is intermediate between T. coriacea and T. granu-lifera, although much more closely allied to the former, which itresembles in general form and in the peculiar sculpture of theelytra; in the reddish colour of the margin of the labrum andpart of the legs, and in the sculpture of the head and pronotum,as well as in its generally larger size it resembles T. granulifera •as in this species it has the suture of the elytra more or less. TRICONDYLA. 277 marked by a smooth line; the punctures of the elytra are moreor less confluent, whereas iu T. coriacea they are separate, butthis does nob appear to be a very distinct character, and I aminclined to regard the insect as merely a variety of the last-namedspecies. Length 25 millim. Central Ceylon. 54. Tricondyla granulifera, Mots. Tricondyla granulifem, Motschulskv, Etudes Ent. 1857, p. 110, p. 3 ; \V. Horn, Spol. Zeyl. ii, 1904, p.* femorata, Walker, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3) ii, 1858, p. Tricondyla ruqosa, Chaud., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1863, p. 447. Black, with a more or les distinct cyaneous, brassy or violaceousreflection, especially in front:underside sometimes brownish;elongate, narrower, more parallel-sided, and less dilated behind thanin T. coriacea, labrum more orless red; head with the sulci andthe striae between the eyes stronglymarked, and with a distinct fur-row at the base o
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