No. 9. — 1856-8.] new ceylon coleopteea. 



angles strongly rounded off." In the insect before me it is 

 certainly not rounded in the middle : if anything, it is rather 

 the contrary. The tarsi I should describe thus : — " Joints 1 — 4 

 of two ant. male tarsi dilated ; joint 1 nearly as long as the 

 two following together, sub-cylindric ; joint 2 nearly as long- 

 again as the following, elongate-trigone ; joint 3 sub-trigone ; 

 joint 4 (in all tarsi) bilobed ; joints 1-3 furnished below with 

 two series of lamellated papilke fenced in by bristles ; joint 4 

 densely penicillated ; claws simple." 



I take this opportunity to add a general remark. The author 

 above quoted at the end of the description of his E. Cyani- 

 pennis, quotes a passage from Heifer's Burmese Journal, im- 

 plying that the species lived exclusively upon trees, and 

 that most of the Carabidce of that country had the same habit. 

 The latter part of this observation I feel inclined to look upon 

 as a rash and unjustifiable assertion on- the part of Heifer. 

 There can be little doubt (and the above is an additional 

 example) that the Carabidoe of this Island have much resem- 

 blance to those of Burma. Still my long experience in it has 

 not furnished me with any instances of any of them living 

 upon trees , with the exception of the Tricondylce, Colly res and 

 certain Cicindeke. The Casnonice and Ophionew are in the 

 habit of ascending grasses and low herbs, and certain Lebiidce 

 and genus Catascopus live under the bark of trees. This is all 

 As to the insect described above, although it appears to adapt 

 itself with facility to a variety of physical circumstances, and 

 although it takes occasionally to its wings and flies into houses 

 in the evening, I have never found it upon trees. 



