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Description of New 



Specimina nonnulla mens. Nov. et Decemb. prope Colombo nocte ad 

 lumen cepi. 



Very pretty insects apparently closely allied to the African 

 g. Bradybamus Dej. from which, however, they differ in the 

 structure of the ligula and in other minor points. They are 

 quite of the shape of a Harpalus, and I have no doubt that 

 their habits are those of the latter. Joints 4— 11 of the an- 

 tennas have very much the appearance of grains of rice strung 

 together. The metallic green color with which the insect is 

 adorned on the back is very rich : on the elytra it forms a 

 pattern of two triangles with their tips down, that of the 

 upper one being immersed in the base of the lower one, and 

 the apex of the latter being divided. These triangles are 

 flanked on either side by a broad longitudinal belt of yellow- 

 ish color. The margin is again green with the exception 

 of the apex which is occupied by the yellowish belt. The 

 thorax is green in the centre and yellowish along the sides. 

 The head is more or less brownish-green, lighter in the 

 middle, the mouth is brown. 



52. Zophium pubescens. 1ST. 



Z. rufo-testaceum, oculis nigris, occipite nigrescente, elytris pubescent- 

 ibus fuscis maculis 2 subhumeralibus, 1 apicali eommuni testaceis ornatis ; 

 long. corp. 3f lin. 



Antennis art. 1<> capitis vix longitudine ; labro integro ; palpis art. 

 ultimo trigono ; menti dente magno obtuso, profunde canaliculato ; tho- 

 race elongato-cordato, capitis latitudine, illo parum-, latitudine dupio 

 longiore, medio leviter longitudinaliter depresso; elytris subtilissime 

 dense pubescentibus, obsolete striato-impressis, humeris obsoletis. 



Specimina nonulla in prov. occid. nocte ad lumen cepi. 



This description does not quite agree with Lacordaire's 

 diagonsis of the g. Zophium : the labrum, the tooth of the 

 mentum are not what they ought to be according to this 



