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Variat colore obseuriore. In prov. occid. communissimum. 

 Very closely allied to the preceding species ; easily distin- 

 guished however by size, color — which is generally lighter than 

 that of the former,— and the deeply striated elytra. The insect 

 is, moreover, more common than the former. The prevailing 

 color of the elytra is not, as in the preceding species, black, 

 but it is that of the rest of the body, yellowish, with merely 

 a black suture and black belt across the middle ; the edges of 

 this belt are washed together with the color of the adjoining 

 parts. The semicircular impression at the apex of the elytra 

 is the same as in the former, and forms with the abbreviated 

 inframarginal stria, (which is also the same,) a triangular figure, 

 tip down, base open, whence I have derived the name. The 

 head with the antennae, tarsi, etc, are those of tlie former, 

 as I have said above, 



57. Bembidium Ceylanicum. N. 



B. oblongum, depressum, testaceum, oculis nigris, elytris ssepissime 

 fascia media transversali fusca obsoletissirna, pedibus, palpis antennisque 

 pallide testaceis ; long. corp. f lin. 



Praecedenti simile, ejus capite, thorace et tarsis, facillime tamen di- 

 stinguendum antennis apicem versus incrassatis articulis magis magisque 

 ovatis, art. 2° sequente longiore, 3-4 subasqualibus subcylindricis, reli- 

 quis ovatis ; thorace, linea basali for titer punctata excepta, basi leevi ; 

 elytris utrinque juxta suturam leviter 3-punctato-striatis, striis reliquis 

 et his basi apiceque sensim obsoletis, ante et infra medium ad striam 3 m 

 puncto pilifero impressis, impressione semicircular! apicali ut in presce- 

 dente sed stria inframarginali non abbreviata. 



In prov. occid. communissimum. 



Easily distinguished from the former, to which it is allied, 

 by size, color and the incrassated antennae. The elytra, more- 

 over, shew only three distinct strise on either side of the suture, 

 two more, however, being just traceable. They are obsolete at 

 the base, apex and towards the margin. Within the latter 

 there is an additional deep stria, entire, and not, as in the 

 preceding two species, only from the middle to the apex. The 

 semicircular impression of the apex, however, is the -same, 

 so are the tarsi, etc. 



