Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera, [no. 3, new series. 
ly. Entomological Papers, being descriptions of neio Ceylon 
Coleoptera with such observations on their habits, ect., as 
appear in any i^ay interesting. %*John Nietner, Co- 
lombo Ceylon. 
No. IV. 
Trib. Bembidiid^. • 
Ochthephilus. n. g. N. 
Corpus oblongum, subparallelum, valde depressum. Caput mag- 
num antice trigonum ; oculis magnis, ovatis, prominulis ; cello forti. 
Mentum subquadrate emarginatum, lobis extus fortiter rotundatis, 
apice abrupte acuminatis, dente parvo acuminate. Ligula parva 
apice quadrate truncata, libera, paraglossia setiformibus marginem 
anteriorem longe superantibus. Palpi robusti art. 4° elongate, 
tenui, acuminate ; maxillares art. 3° interne — , 2° externe incrassa- 
te ; labiales art. 3° robuste externe incrassate, 2° parvo, cylindrico. 
Labrum parvum subtrigonum, antice emarginatum. Mandibulse 
elongatse, rectse, trigonse, apice arcuatse, infra medium pluries den- 
tatse. Antennae rebustse corporis med. fere attingentes, art. 1^ et 
11? mediecribus, subsequalibus, 2-4 et 5-10 inter se subsequalibus 
illis subcylindricis, his ovatis, Thorax subcordatus basi quadratus. 
Pedunculus brevis. Elytra apice retundata. Pedes omnes sim- 
plices, sub3equales,anterieres tibiis prefunde excavatis, tarsis leviter 
centractis, art. 1-4 gradatim mineribus, art. 1° subcylindrico 2-4 
subtrigenis, 5^ sat magne, unguibus simplicibus. 
43 Ochthephilus Ceylanicus N, 
O. brunneo-testaceus, pedibus palpisque testaceis tenuiter 
pubescens ;»frente prefunde 2-sulcata; elytris obsolete striatis, in 
striis punctatis ; long. corp. 1^ lin. 
In fluminum ripis Bemhidiorum more victitat. 
This interesting little beetle might at first sight be mistaken for 
a Lcemophlceus, the size, depressed form and color of which it has, 
