82 Description of New 



levisseim transversini truncatis angulo interno in spinam producto ; 

 pedibus tibiis fortiter tarsisque 4 posticis dorso modice costatis. 



In campis silvisque prov. occld. et in montibus prov. central, usque 

 alt. 4000 ped. sub vegetab. per oceasionem copiose legi. 



This insect frequents localities of a very different nature : 

 I have taken it in great abundance in the Negombo district 

 in hot, sandy fields under heaps of weeds, &c., but I have also 

 taken it on the banks of the Colombo lake, and in the damp 

 forests ofPusilawa, 4,000 feet above the sea, under fallen trees; 

 its favourite haunt, however, appears to be the former de- 

 scription of locality. It would appear to be very distinct 

 from the E. cyanipennis described by Schmidt -Goebel in his 

 <( Col. Birm." in thorax, sculpture of apical part and position 

 of punctures of elytra, costated 4 post, tarsi, &c. On the 

 other hand the curious depression of the elytra, which has 

 much the appearance of being accidental, is the same. (It 

 occurs also in my g. Anchista.) I am not quite satisfied with 

 the description of the ligula and tarsi as given by Seh.-G. 

 The former I should call " truncated at the apex, anterior 

 angles strongly rounded off." In the insect before me it 

 is certainly not rounded in the middle — if anything, it is 

 rather the contrary. The tarsi I should describe thus: — 

 es Joints 1 — 4 of two ant. male tarsi dilated, joint 1 nearly 

 as long as the two following together, sub-cylindric, joint 2 

 nearly as long again as the following, elongate-trigone, 

 joint 3 subtrigone, joint 4 (in all tarsi) bilobed, joints 1-3 

 furnished below with two series of laniellated papilla? fenced 

 in by bristles, joint 4 densely penicillated ; claws simple." 



I take this opportunity to add a general remark : The 

 author above quoted at the end of the description of his 

 E, cyanipennis, quotes a passage from Heifer's Burmese 

 Journal, implying " that the species lived exclusively upon 

 trees, and that most of the Carabidce of that country had the 

 same habit" The latter part of this observation I feel in- 



