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sufficient to separate it. I may as well remark here that, although 

 the Island is well supplied with Scarites and Clivinas, I have hither- 

 to not discovered a single Dyschirius, a genus so well represented 

 in Europe. Of the 3 Clivinas just described single specimens only 

 have been in my possession for a considerable time. There are 3 or 

 4 more species met with about Colombo but these being of common 

 occurrence I abstain from describing them here as they may possi- 

 bly be amongst those described by Putzeys or others from the 

 Indian continent. 



Fam. Bhipiphobides. 



10. Bhipiphorus tropicus. N. 



E. niger, nitidus, elytris albidis, nigro-maculatis, labro, palpis, 

 antennis (pectine nigrescente except o), unguibusque brunneis, im- 

 presso-punctatus, punctis raagnis sed non profundis, subtus sub- 

 orbicularibus piliferis, supra oblongis laevibus. Long. corp. 2^ lin. 

 lat. ad humeros f lin. 



Caput oblongum, latitudine paulo longius, parte frontis inferiore 

 dense profundeque punctata, vertice obtuse obconico glabro, niti- 

 dissimo, occipite piloso. Thorax elevatus, ad basin 2-impressus, 

 medio angulo obtuso, apice excavato, glabro, inter elytra producto. 

 Elytra ad suturain utrinque stria lata brunnea punctata impressa, 

 acuminata, apice dehiscentia, albida vel subhyalina, apicibus, medio 

 utrinque et ad basin nigro-maculata. Alse apice fuscse. Pedes tarsis 

 anticis art. 2-4. unguibusque bifidis omnibus brunneis, tarsis 

 subtus setosis, anticis, art. 2 — 3 primoque apice, subtiliter sericeo- 

 penicillatis. 



Specimen singulum m. prope Colombo in floribus legi. De meta- 

 morphosi adhuc nihil constat. 



The head is rather long in proportion to its width, the occiput is 

 narrowed, short obconic. The hind part of the thorax is elevated 

 above the elytra. The central part of its base is prolonged between 

 the elytra in an obtuse angle, the apex of which is abruptly truncat- 

 ed, excavated and polished. The labrum is hairy and the ungues of 

 the tarsi bifid as usual. 



The tibiae of the interior legs are furnished at the apex with one, 

 those of the 4 posterior legs with two spurs. The anterior tarsi 



