CoJeoptern from Ceylon. 77 



Barysomus Gyllenh aUL 



Bai-ysomus GyUenhnlii, Dej. Sp. Gen. iv. p. cQ,= Oosoma arenaria, 

 Nietner, Journ. As. Soc. I3eug. 18o7, p. 146. 



Colombo. 



Bradyhcenus festivus. 



Bradyhcvmis fcstivus, Dej. Sp. Gen. iv. ^.\C^^,= Calolh•omm exornatus, 



Nietner, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, ii. p. 181. 

 Bi-adijhcenus ornatus, Redtenb. Keise Novava, Ins. ii. p. 14, t. i. fig. 8. 



K unci J. 



Dejean did not know the locality of liis specimen, but 

 supposed it was from Senegal. 



Calathomimus, nov. gen. 



Gen. Harpalo affinis, sed corpore gracili geu. C'aJafJio similis, thorace 

 ovato plicaque elytrorum basali valde curvata etc. Caput post 

 oculos gradatim angustatum ; ante oculos quam in Harpah lon- 

 gius, mandibulae longiores et rectiores ; fovete frontales rotundatfe, 

 profuudae. Palpi articulis apicalibus setosis, versus apicem angus- 

 tatis. Mentum acute deutatura. Paraglossce ligula latiores eb 

 longiores. Thorax quadrato-ovatus. Elytra oblongo-ovata, plica 

 basali valde curvata, cum margine basali apud humeros aiigulum 

 acutum efficiente ; profuude striata, interstitiis tertio, quiuto et 

 septimo seriatim punctatis, punctis plerumque in striarum margi- 

 nibus sitis et inconspicuis. Pedes graciles parce setosi. 

 (S . Tarsi quatuor antici articulis 4 mediocriter dilatatis rotundato- 

 cordatis, plantis biseriatim squamosis. 



One of the two species for which this new genus is proposed 

 has the form of a Calathus or Pristodactyla \ the pubescent 

 third antennal joint, the simple tarsal claws, and the broad 

 adherent paraglossa show, however, even in the female, that 

 it belongs to the Harpalus group ; the plurisetose penultimate 

 joint of labial palpi and rounded frontal fovese indicating its 

 place among the Harpalin^e proper rather than the Stenolo- 

 phinte. 



Calathomimus maculatus. 



Elongatus parallelogrammicus, niger politus ; antennis, partibus oris, 

 pedibus abdomi usque apice fulvo-testaceis, elytris macula humerali 

 striga subapieali (apud interstitia 6-8) margineque laterali rufes- 

 centibus ; thorace elongate postice paullo magis quam antice 

 angustato, lateribus arcuatis angulis posticis omnino rotundatis, 

 margine reflexo fulvo, basi absque foveis distinctis, tota superficie 

 sparsissime setifero-punctata, margine laterali punctis setiferis 

 circiter 10 in serie regular! dispositis ; elytris profundo laevi- 

 striatis vel sulcatis striolaque scutellari. 



Long. 11 millim. $ . 



Bogawantalawa, April 1st. 



