'No. 9.— 1856-8.] new ceylon coleoptera. 



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"upon the elytra between the two near the suture and the in- 

 framarginal furrow. 



63. Bembidium sctdm^noides. N* 



B. ovatum, convextim, obscure brunneum, elytris maculis 4 magis min= 

 v usve obsoletis dilutioribus, pedibus, palpis antennarumque art. 2 primis 

 'testaceis, his apice reliquisque obscurioribus ; long. corp. 1 lin. 



Prascedenti simile, corpore robustiore, fortius ovato magisque convexo, 

 thorace basi fortius quadrato facillime distinguendum. 



In prov. occid. communissimum. 



VIII. Megaristerus, n. g. M 

 Fam. Carabid^e, 

 Trib. Harpalidje. 



Corpus oblongum, depresgum, glabrurn. Caput mediocre antic© 

 obtusum. Mentum profunde subquadrate emarginatum, edentatum, lobis 

 extus rotundatis apice acuminatis. Ligula minima oblonga paraglossia 

 •magnis connatis earn totam amplectentibus antice rotundatis subcordate 

 -emarginatis. Palpi maxill. art. ultimo subcylindrico apice magis minusve 

 angustato truncato, lab. eodem obovato truncate Labrum transversum 

 antice posticeque angustatum, margine anteriore profundius emarginato 

 setoso. Clypeus emarginatus. Mandibulse validae trigonae apice leviter 

 arcuatae, dextera mediocri labra obtecta apice acuminata medio l-dentata s 

 sinistra robustiere porrecta (hinc n. g. Megaristerus) apice obtusa medio 

 -2-dentata. Antennae humeros parum superantes, filiformes, art. 2° se= 

 quente parum breviore, reliquis subasqualibus. Thorax rotundato= 

 cordatus, postice angustatus angulis rotundatis, antice leviter emarginatus 

 angulis distinctis. Elytra parallela apice rotundata. Pedes ut in g« 

 Acupalpo tarsis maris 4 ant. tamen 1° subtus nudo. 



Tictus Harpalorum. 



Apparently closely allied to Amtlystomus, differing, hoW*> 

 «ever, in the sculpture of the tarsi, the antennaa, labrum and 

 palpi, and, as in the diagnosis given by Lacordaire in his g, 

 d. Col. the paraglossaa of Amblystomus are simply said to be 

 rounded in front, a further distinction would appear to reside 

 in the notch which 'exists in that part of the paraglossse of my 

 genus Megaristerus. Also allied to Acupalpus the sculpture o£ 

 the tarsi being exactly the same ; in saying which I bear par- 

 ticularly in mind that the intermediate ones of the male are 

 hardly dilated. From this genus however, it is effectually dis- 



