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73. Bemhidium, Ceylanicum, N. 



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

 fascia media transversali fusca obsoletissima, pedibus, palpis an- 

 tennisque pallide testaceis. Long. corp. ~ lin. 



Praecedeuti simile, ejus capite, tliorace et tarsis, facillime tamen 

 distinguendum anteunis apicem versus iucrassatis, articulis magis 

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

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

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

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

 infra medium ad striam 3™ puncto pilifero impressis, impressione 

 semicirculari apicali ut in prsecedente sed stria infratnarginali non 

 abbreviata. 



In prov. occid. communissimum. 



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

 its size, colour, and the incrassated antennse. 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, aeneum, elytris maculis 2 subapicalibus rufo- 

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

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



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

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

 versim ovate, antice posticeque truncate, baud emarginato, basi 

 abrupte angustato quadrate, angulis basalibus prefande foveelatis, 

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

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

 funda 7-punctate-striatis, basi Isevi, striis apicem versus obsoletis, 

 ante apicem inter strias S^-G"" macula orbicular! rufo-flava apiceque 

 impressione semicirculari. 



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

 quenter legi. 



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

 to an elevation of 3500 feet on the hills, w^here 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 



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