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punctato-striatis, apice fortius 2-sinuatis et angustatis ; tarsis art. 

 4" cordato. Long. corp. A\ lin. ; lat. 1^ lin.j 



Prope Colombo sat copiosus. 



This, as well as the succeeding two species, flies very commonly 

 into the rooms at night during the rainy weather. The present 

 species is a fine, comparatively large, robust insect. I may add 

 tp the above description, that the emargination of the mentum is 

 of middling size, its lobes rounded externally, and its tooth just 

 marked in the shape of a slight obtuse rising at the bottom of 

 the emargination. The ligula is very small and narrow, the 

 paraglossse very large, adhering to it, and enveloping it fully 

 and on all sides; the whole is very slightly cut away at the 

 apical angles, and slightly, but abruptly and rather deeply, 

 notched at the centre of the anterior margin. I may fui'ther 

 notice, that some of the individuals before me have the apex of 

 the maxillary palpi prolonged, cylindric, and slightly bent in- 

 wards. As this is not a sexual distinction, and as the insects 

 thus distinguished differ in no other respect from the rest, I 

 look upon them as curious varieties. 



55, Haijmlus (Ophonus) rugosus, N. 



n. prsecedeuti simillimus sed sesqui minor, magis rugosus, antennis 

 robustioribus art, 5-1 1 ovatis, leviter depressis, colore supra parum 

 obscuriore, subtus dilutiore, pedibus albidis, coxis tarsisque brim- 

 neisi antennis totis castaneis. Long. corp. 3^ lin. 



The small size and, upon close inspection, the other peculiari- 

 ties just pointed out, readily distinguish this species from the 

 former, in spite of their close affinity in other respects. They 

 are both equally common about Colombo. 



56. Harpalus (Selenophorus) Colombensis, N. 



H. statura prsecedentis sed gracilior, glaber, supra laete seneus, subtus 

 subcastaneus, pedibus albidis, coxis, tarsis, antennis palpisque 

 testaceis, ore brunneo ; capite transversim ruguloso ; antennis 

 prsecedeute tenuioribus, palpis gracilioribus apice magis angusta- 

 tis ; labro basin versus leviter dilatato ; mandibulis uifra apicem 

 abniptius arcuatis, una uni-, altera bi-dentata; thorace lateribus 

 prsecedente minus rotundato, basi minus angustato, hie rugoso- 

 punctato, antice leviter longitudinaliter strigoso ; elytris striatis, 

 parce punctulatis, in interstitiis 3°, 5° et 7° punctis majoribus im- 

 pressis. Long, corp. 3 lin. 



Prope Colombo sat copiosus. 



A pretty little insect, very distinct from the preceding two. 

 I may add, that it also differs somewhat in the paraglossse, the 

 interior angles of which are distinct. 



