430 Mr. J. Nietner on new Ceylon Coleoptera. 



subsequalibus ; palpis art. ultimo subelliptico truncato, labialibus 

 elongatis ; thorace breviter transversim cordato, antice posticeque 

 truncato, longitudine sesqui latiore, depresso, lateribus basique ele- 

 vato, hie leviter bifoveolato, angulis basalibus subrectis leviter rotun- 

 datis, linea med. longitud. diviso, subtiliter transversim ruguloso ; 

 elytris ovatis, leviter dilatatis, thorace duplo fere latioribus, striatis, in 

 regione basali in stria 3 a , ad et infra medium in stria 2 a puncto im- 

 pressis, in regione media utrinque depressis, ante apicem leviter an- 

 gustatis et sinuatis, apice levissime transversim truncatis, angulo 

 interno in spinam producto ; pedibus tibiis fortiter tarsisque 4 pos- 

 ticis dorso modice costatis. 



In campis silvisque prov. occid. et in montibus prov. central, usque 

 alt. 4000 ped. sub vegetab. per occasionem copiose legi. 



This insect frequents localities of a very different nature : I 

 have taken it in great abundance in the Negombo district, in 

 hot, sandy fields, under heaps of weeds, &c. ; but I have also 

 taken it on the banks of the Colombo Lake, and in the damp 

 forests of Pusilawa, 4000 feet above the sea, under fallen trees ; 

 its favourite haunt, however, appears to be the former descrip- 

 tion of locality. It would appear to be very distinct from the 

 E. cyanipennis, described by Schmidt-Goebel in his ' Col. Birm./ 

 in thorax, sculpture of apical part, and position of punctures of 

 elytra, costated 4 posterior tarsi, &c. On the other hand, the 

 curious depression of the elytra, which has much the appearance 

 of being accidental, is the same (it occurs also in my genus 

 Anchista). I am not quite satisfied with the description of the 

 ligula and tarsi as given by Schmidt-Goebel. The former I 

 should call "truncated at the apex, anterior angles strongly 

 rounded-off." In the insect before me it is certainly not rounded 

 in the middle ; if anything, it is rather the contrary. The 

 tarsi I should describe thus : — " Joints 1-4 of the two anterior 

 male tarsi dilated ; joint 1 nearly as long as the two following 

 together, subcylindric ; joint 2 nearly as long again as the fol- 

 lowing, elongate-trigonate ; joint 3 subtrigonate ; joint 4 (in all 

 tarsi) bilobed; joints 1-3 furnished below with two series of 

 lamellated papillae fenced in by bristles ; joint 4 densely penicil- 

 lated; claws simple." 



I take this opportunity to add a general remark. The author 

 above quoted, at the end of the description of his E. cyanipennis, 

 quotes a passage from Heifer's 'Burmese Journal/ implying 

 "that the species lived exclusively upon trees, and that most of 

 the Carabidse of that country had the same habit " The latter part 

 of this observation I feel inclined to look upon as a rash and 

 unjustifiable assertion on the part of Heifer. There can be little 

 doubt (and the above is an additional example) that the Carabida 

 of this island have much resemblance to those of Burmah ; still 



