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April 27tli, comprised about 1600 species. When duly worked 

 out this will form by far the largest contribution yet recorded 

 to our knowledge of the Ceylonese fauna in this department. 

 The present paper treats of the section Geodephaga. For an 

 account of the localities visited and the habits and relations to 

 their surroundings of the Coleoptera, I must refer the reader 

 to Mr. Lewis's interesting paper entitled '^ On a Visit to 

 Ceylon," in the ' Transactions of the Entomological Society,' 

 1882, p. 475. 



With regard to the list of Ceylonese Coleoptera published 

 by Walker in this journal in 1858 and 1859, I have en- 

 deavoured, with the aid of Mr. C. O. W^aterhouse, to 

 identify the species by inspection of the type specimens in the 

 British Museum. The diagnoses attached to the names are 

 no better than a haphazard collection of words as far as their 

 use is concerned in determining the species, and their refer- 

 ence in so many cases to well-known genera is generally 

 ridiculously wrong and pure guesswork. Under these cir- 

 cumstances I consider • Walker's names as entitled to no 

 more authority than those of a catalogue. When therefore 

 the same species has been since well described under another 

 name I have not replaced it by W^alker's ; but in species not 

 so described I have adopted for convenience' sake, and not on 

 the ground of priority, Walker's names whenever his brief 

 diagnosis does not tlatly contradict the type specimens. Some 

 remarks on species not taken by j\[r. Lewis will be found at 

 the end of this paper. 



Family Cicindelidse. 



Cicindela lacryruans. 



Cicindela laaymans, Scbaum, Joiirn. Ent. ii. p. 57. 

 Cicindela discrqxins, Walker, Aim. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, ii. 1838, 

 p. 202. 



Near Colombo. One example. 



Cicindela catena. 

 Cicindela catena, Fabr. Syst. Eiit. p. 226. 

 Colombo, on roads away from the sea. 



Cicindela sumatrensis. 

 Cicindela sumah'ciisis, Herbst, Kiif. x. p. 179, t. clxxii. tig. 1. 

 Colombo, on banks of rivers. 



