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As distinguished as the preceding two species. The palpi 

 and the mentum appear to me of a somewhat extraordinary 

 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 facies, 

 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 heie, that, although the Island is well supplied 

 with Scarites and Chvinas, 1 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. (Edichirus ALATUS. N. 



CE. alatus, setosus, nitidus, rafo-testaceus, thorace dilufciore, capite, 

 elytris abdominisque segmentis 3 ultimis nigris; elytris apice 2 maculatis, 

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

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

 reliquis oris partibus rufo-piceis. Long, corp 3£ lin. 



CE. pssderino Er. similimus, praeter colorum distributionem differt 

 tamen alis, elytrorum antennarumque articuli ultimi sculptura. An- 

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

 truncato leviterque exeavato. Thorax CE. paederini, dorso punctis 

 biseriatim impressus, serie interna vel centrali elliptica punctis niinori- 

 bus magis inter se approximatis, externa vel submarginali punctis magnis 

 distantibus. Elytra oblonge subquadrata, infra medium rotundata, 

 thorace longiora et duplo fere amplior (utrumque elytrum thoracis fere 

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

 latitudine antica plus tertia parte latiora. Os, pedes et abdomen CE. 

 poederini. 



Pcederorum more victitare videtur; in eorum societate in lacus Colomb- 

 ensis ripis infrequentissime legi ; illis minus gracilis atque minus agilis. 



1 have not had an opportunity of examining specimens of 

 either of the three CEdichiri hitherto described. However, I 



