Ceylon Coleoptera, §*c. 



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form. The last joint of the former is considerably and more 

 inflated at the base than in any other Ceylon species that has 

 hitherto come under my notice, whilst the others are of a very 

 curved appearance in both the maxillary and labial palpi. The 

 insect is however, easily distinguished by its general fades, 

 which is rather like that of a Dyschirius, from which genus, 

 however, the mentum alone is sufficient to separate it. I may 

 as well remark here, that, although the Island is well supplied 

 with Scarites and Clivinas, I have hitherto not discovered a 

 single Dyschirius, a genus so well represented in Europe. Of 

 the three Clivinas just described, single specimens only have 

 been in my possession for a considerable time. There are 

 three or four more species met with about Colombo, but these 

 being of common occurrence, I abstain from describing them 

 here, . as they may possibly be amongst those described by 

 Putzeys or others from the Indian continent, 



7. CEdichikus alatus. N. 



(E. alatus, setosus, nitidus, rufo-testacens, thorace dilutiore, capite, 

 clytris abdominisque segmentis 3 ultimis nigris ; elytris apice 2-niaculatis, 

 maculis rufo-testaceis; pedibus llavis, femoribus apice tibiisque basi 

 nigrescentibus ; antennis palpisque maxill. basi obscuris, apice testaceis, 

 reliquis oris partibus rufo-piceis. Long, corp. 3| lih. 



(E. psederino Er. simiilimus, pra3ter colorum distributionem differt 

 tamen alis, elytrorum antennarumque articuli ultiini sculptura. An- 

 tennae art. ultimo penultimo aequali nisi paulo minore, apice fortiter 

 truncate leviterque excavate. Thorax (E. psederini, dorso punctis 

 biseriatim impressus, serie interna vel centrali elliptica punctis minori- 

 bus magis inter se approxiniatis, externa vel submarginali punctis niagnis 

 distantibus. Elytra oblonge subquadrata, infra medium rotund ata, 

 thorace longiora et duplo fere ampliora (utr unique elytron thoracis fere 

 magnitudine), basi parte thoracis adjacente duplo-, infra medium illius 

 latitudine antica plus tcrtia parte latiora. Os, pedes et abdomen (E 

 pEederini, 



Paederorum more victitare vidctur ; in eorum societate in lacus Colomb- 

 ensis ripis infrequentissime legi ; illis minus gracilis atque minus agiiis 



