426 Mr. J. Nietner on neio Ceylon Coleoptera. 



maculis 2 rufo-flavis, subtus brunaeum ; pedibus, autennarum basi 

 palpisque testaceis. Long. corp. 1 lin. 



Capite antice fortius acuminato, fronte utrinque profunde pluries 

 sulcata, oculis mediocribus prominulis, labi'o profunde subangulute 

 emarc/inato, antennis art. lougitudine subsequalibus ; thorace breviter 

 cordato, antice posticeque truncate, nou emarginato, basi quadrato, 

 foveis basalibus lineaque longit. media fere obsoletis, linea basali trans- 

 versa tamen distincta ; elytris ovatis, juxta suturam utrinque 2-striatis, 

 stria externa basi apiceque abbrcAaata, ante et infra medium puncto 

 obsolete impressis, ante apicem macula orbiculari rufo-flava apiceque 

 sordide obsoleteque testaceis, hie semUunariter et infra marginem 

 stria profunda impressis. 



Variat colore dilutiore. 



In prov. occid. rarum. 



This and the two remaining species are mutually allied, and 

 probably belong to the subgenus Loplia. However, I am less 

 sure of this with regard to the present species than to the two 

 following. 



The head is pointed in front, and the labium (an unusual 

 occurrence) deeply notched; two deep furrows run from the 

 clypeus straight across the forehead to the vertex; and from 

 their base other smaller ones radiate towards the eyes. Joints 

 2—5 of the antennae, which in almost all cases are of unequal 

 length, are not so in the present ; the first two or three joints 

 are yellowish, the rest are brown. Joint 3 of the maxillarj'^ palpi 

 is dark, the remaining ones and the labial palpi yellowish. The 

 elytra are impressed with two striae on either side of the suture ; 

 the remaining ones are just traceable. The one next to the 

 suture goes straight down to the apex, where it falls in with a 

 deep inframarginal furrow ; the 2nd is, as usual, abbreviated. 

 The apex is impressed with the semicircular figure ; and there 

 are two punctures on either side. 



78. Bembidium ornatum, N. 



B. ovatum, subconvexum, brunneum, elytris maculis 4 flavis, pedibus, 

 antennis palpisque pallida testaceis. Long. corp. 1 lin. 



Prsecedenti simile, preeter colorem facillirae tamen distinguendum 

 corpore graciliore, fronte utrinque 2-sulcata, labro integro, elytris 

 infra humeros et infra marginem utrinque macula orbiculari llava, 

 punctis nullis. 



Variat colore obscuriore et dilutiore et ssepius apice sordide testaceo. 



In prov. occid. commune. 



Easily distinguished from the preceding species, with which 

 It agrees in all other re^^pects ; no stria?, however, are traceable 



