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Descriptions of New 



to be entirely recast, and the g. to be removed from the 

 tribe (Cratoceridae, one of the characteristics of which is the 

 want of foot-brushes in the male) in which he has placed it. 



III. Ochthephilus. n. g. N. Fam. Carabidje, trih 



PAGCNIDiE, 



Corpus oblongum, subparallelum, valde depressum. Caput magnum 

 antice trigonum ; oculis magnis, ovatis, prominulis ; collo forti. Mentum 

 subquadrate emarginatum, lobis extus fortiter rotundatis, apice abrupte 

 acuminatis, dente parvo acuminato. Ligula parva apice quadrate 

 truncata, libera, paraglossis setiformibus marginem anteriorem longe 

 sperantibus. Palpi robusti art. 4° elongate tenui, acuminato ; maxillares 

 art. 3« interne, 2° externe incrassato ; labiales art. 3° robusto externe 

 incrassato, 2o parvo, cylindrico. Labrum parvum basi angustatum subtri • 

 gonum, antice emarginatum. Mandibulse elongate, porrectse, trigonse, 

 apice arcuatse, infra medium pluries dentatse. Antennae robustse corporis 

 med. fere attingentes, art. 1° et 11° mediocribus, subsequalibus, 2-4 et 

 5-10 inter se subsequalibus, illis subcylindricis, his cum llo ovatis. 

 Thorax subcordatus basi quadratus. Pedunculus brevis. Elytra apice 

 rotundata. Pedes anteriores tibiis profunde emarginatis tarsis leviter 

 contractis, art. 1-4 gradatim minoribus, art. 1° subcylindrico, 2-4 sub- 

 trigonis, hoc subtus apice spino tenui munito, 00 sat magno, unguibus 

 simplicibus. 



37. Ochthephilus Ceylanicus. 



O. alatus brunneo-testaceus, pedibus palpisque testaceis, tenuiter 

 pubescens, fronte profunde 2 -sulcata ; elytris obsolete striatis, in striis 

 punctatis ; long. corp. 1£ lin. 



In fluviorum ripis Bembidiorum more victitat. 



Apparently allied to Trechus, from which, however, it 

 would seem to differ in the structure of the palpi, the labrum, 

 &c. 



The head is as broad as the thorax, and altogether of about 

 the same size ; it is strongly triangular from the eyes to the 

 tip of the mandibles, the forehead is impressed with two deep 

 longitudinal furrows ; the eyes are large, rather oval and 



