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fore me and therefore conclude that accidentally they are 

 all females. 



The habits of the insect are those of the Bembidia, in whose 

 society it lives upon the banks of rivers, taking, like them 9 

 readily to its wings. I have found it occasionally in .consi- 

 derable numbers upon the sandy banks of the Maha Oya in 

 the neighbourhood of Negombo close to the edge of the water. 



IV. Creagris, n. g. N. 

 Fam. Carabhwe. 



Trib, LiEBIIDiE vel PERICALIDiE. 



Corpus oblongum valde depressum. Caput magnum robustum"; oculis 

 mediocribus, ovatis, sat prominulis ; collo brevi. Mentum forma ferri 

 equini vel trifurcatum (hinc n. g. Creagris) lobis angustis, subparallelis, 

 apice oblique truncatis, angulo interno producto, dente lobis parum bre- 

 viore, tenui, acutissimo. Ligula magna cornea apicem versus dilatata, 

 apice transversim truncata angulis rotundatis, paraglossis sat robustis 

 connatis marginem anter. non attingentibus, apice vix liberis, ovatis- 

 Palpi maxill. art 4° claviformi apice fertiter truncato, 3° parvo, 2° 

 intus excavato ; labiales art. 4° subelliptico, truncato. Labrum maxi. 

 mum, suborbiculatum, convexum. Mandibulae parvse basi obsolete 

 unidentatas, labro obtectse. Antennas robustas humeros parum super- 

 antes submoniliformes art. 1, 3 et 11 longitudine fere subsequali, 

 mediocribus, 2° parvo, basi cylindrico, apice rotundato, 4-10 subeequal- 

 ibus, cum 11° ovatis. Thorax parvus, capite sesqui minor, transversus, 

 longitudine duplo fere latior, infra med. fortius angustatus, basi parum 

 prolongatus. Pedunculus brevis. Elytra apicem versus leviter dilatata, 

 apice fortiter subquadrate truncata. Pedes robusti simplices suba3- 

 quales, ant. tibiis profunde excavatis, omnes tarsis brevibus, art. 1° 

 sequentium 2 fere longitudine, subcylindrico-trigono, 2-3 gradatim 

 minoribus, 2° trigono, 3° transversim trigono, 4° magno, profunde bilobo, 

 5 mediocri, unguibus, simplicibus, art. 4° subtus dense penicillato. 



38. Creagris labrosa. N. 



C. picea,subtus dilutior,ore antennisque, coxis,trochanteribus, femorum 

 tibiarumque apice et tarsis brunneis ; dense punctata tenniterque pubes- 

 cens ; elytris striatis ; long. crop. 4^ lin. 



Specimina nonnulla prope Colombo nocte ad lumen cepi. 



I consider this scarce and interesting insect to form a pas- 

 sage between the Lebiidce and Pericalidce, but am doubtful 



