Mr. J. Nietner on new Ceylon Coleoptera. 423 



73. Bembidium Ceylanicum, N. 



B. oblongum, depressum, testaceum, oculis nigris, elytris ssepissime 

 fascia media transversali fusca obsoletissima, pedibus, palpis an- 

 tennisque pallide testaceis. Long. corp. f lin. 



Praecedenti simile, ejus capite, thorace et tarsis, facillime tamen 

 distinguendum antennis apicem versus incrassatis, articulis magis 

 magisque ovatis, art. 2° sequente longiore, 3° et 4° subsequalibus sub- 

 cylindricis, reliquis ovatis ; thorace, linea basali fortiter punctata ex- 

 cepta, basi lsevi ; elytris utrinque juxta suturam leviter 3-punctato- 

 striatis, striis reliquis et his basi apiceque sensim obsoletis, ante et 

 infra medium ad striam 3 m puncto pilifero impressis, impressione 

 semicirculari apicali ut in praecedente sed stria inframarginali non 

 abbreviata. 



In prov. occid. communissimum. 



Easily distinguished from the former, to which it is allied, by 

 its size, colour, and the incrassated antennae. The elytra, more- 

 over, show only three distinct striae on either side of the suture, 

 two more, however, being just traceable; they are obsolete at 

 the base, apex, and towards the margin. Within the latter there 

 is an additional deep stria, entire, and not, as in the preceding 

 two species, only from the middle to the apex. The semicir- 

 cular impression of the apex, however, is the same ; so are the 

 tarsi, &c. 



74. Bembidium Klugii, N. 



B. ovatum, convexum, seneum, elytris maculis 2 subapicalibus rufo- 

 flavis, subtus piceum, pedibus dilutioribus, tibiis, tarsis antenna- 

 rumque basi testaceis. Long. corp. 1^ lin. 



Capite inter oculos longitud. 2-impresso, oculis maximis, antennis 

 art. 2° sequentibus parum breviore, his subsequalibus ; thorace trans- 

 versim ovato, antice posticeque truncato, haud emarginato, basi 

 abrupte angustato quadrato, angulis basalibus profunde foveolatis, 

 inter foveas punctis 1 -seriatim impresso, linea media longit. subtili 

 diviso ; elytris ovatis, apicem versus leviter angustatis, utrinque pro- 

 funde 7-punctato-striatis, basi laevi, striis apicem versus obsoletis, 

 ante apicem inter strias 3 m -6 m macula orbiculari rufo-flava apiceque 

 impressione semicirculari. 



In prov. occid. et centrali, hie usque alt. 3500 ped., non infre- 

 quenter legi. 



This species ascends from the sea-level of the Western Province 

 to an elevation of 3500 feet on the hills, where I have not un- 

 frequently met with it upon the sandy banks of the Pundhool- 

 Oya, a rocky mountain-stream in the district of Kotmalie. Its 

 robust, ovate, convex shape places it at once in a different divi- 

 sion from any of the former. It is of bronze colour, with two 

 orange-coloured spots behind ; the mouth is brown, with the 



29* 



