Ceylon Coleoptera, §'c. 



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obsoleta, ante et infra medium leviter foveolatis, ante apicem macula 

 ovata rufo-flava, infra marginem stria profunda apiceque semicirculariter 

 impressis. 



In prov. occid. non rarum. 



Very closely allied to the former and equally pretty. 

 Head and thorax entirely those of the former, the antennae, 

 however, are more filiform and the divisional line of the thorax 

 is not deepened at the apical extremity. The elytra are 

 smooth, with only two striae along the suture on either side, the 

 rest not being even traceable, both these stride are abbreviated 

 at the base and the outer one becomes obsolete towards the 

 apex, the inner one, however, goes fully down to the apex 

 and falls in with a deep inframarginal furrow which is 

 wanting in the preceding sp'ecies ; before and beyond the 

 middle is a small impression, before the apex are two oval 

 spots of orange color, the apex has the semicircular impression 

 noticed in the preceding species. 



60. Bembidium. orientale. 1ST. 



B. fortiter ovatum, convex um, seneum ely tris maculis 4 magnis fiavis 

 apice sordide subtestaceis, subtus piceum abdomine brunneo, pedibus, 

 antennarum basi palpisque pallide testaceis ; long. corp. 1| iin. 



Capite inter oculos longitud. 2-impresso, oculis maximis, antennis, 

 art. 3-4 subcequalibus, 2° his vix breviore ; thorace transverso leviter 

 ovato, antice posticeque truncato, haud emarginato, leviter angustato, 

 basi quadrato, 2-foveolato, inter foveis punctis 1 -seriatim impressis, linea 

 longit. media diviso ; elytris ovatis apicem versus fortius angustatis, 

 utrinque profunde 7-striatis, basi laevi, striis marginem apicemque versus 

 magis magisque obsoletis, in stria 3a ante et infra medium puncto 

 impressis, infra humeros inter striam 5m et marginem macula ovata, ante 

 apicem inter striam 2m et marginem macula obliqua flava, apice sordide 

 obsoleteque testaceis, hie semicirculariter et infra marginem stria pro- 

 funda impressis. 



In prov. occid commune. 



Easily distinguished by its strongly oval shape, the thorax 



