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dig up eight at a time, not seldom rather deep in the 

 sand. They are quick of motion, and being thus pursued, 

 immediately bury themselves in the sand. 



The diagnosis as given by Lacordaire requires at all events 

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

 tribe Cratoceridce, (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. 

 Trib. Pagonid^. 



Corpus oblongum, subparallelum, valde depressum. Caput magnum 

 antice trigonum ; oculis magnis, ovatis, prominulis ; collo f orti 

 Mentum subquadrate emarginatum, lobis extus fortiter rotundatis, 

 apice abrupte acuminatis, dente parvo acuminata. Ligula parva apice 

 quadrate truncata, libera, paraglossis setiformibus marginem anteri- 

 orem longe sperantibus. Palpi robusti art. 4° elongato tenui, acumi- 

 nato ; maxillares art. 3° interne, 2° externe incrassato ; labiales art. 3° 

 robusto externe incrassato, 2° parvo, cylindrico. Labrum parvum basi, 

 angustatum subtrigonum, antice emarginatum. Mandibulae elongatae, 

 porrectse, trigonse, apice arcuatee, infra medium pluries dentatas. 

 Antennas robustae corporis med. fere attingentes, art. 1° et 11° medio- 

 cribus, subaequalibus, 2-4 et 5-10 inter se subaequalibus, illis subcylin- 

 dricis, his cum 11° ovatis. Thorax subcordatus basi quadratus. Ped- 

 unculus brevis. Elytra apice rotundata. Pedes anteriores tibiis 

 profunde emarginatis tarsis leviter contracts, art 1-4 gradatim 

 minoribus, art. 1° subcylindrico, 2-4 subtrigonis, hoc subtus apice spino 

 tenui munito, 5° sat magno, unguibus simplicibus. 



37. Ochthephilus Ceylanicus. 



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

 pubescens, f route 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 



