OCT. — DEC. 1856.] Descrijytiojjs of new Ceylon Coleoptera. 69 
have joints 2-4 brown. The tarsi are setose below joints 2-3 and 
the apex of the first of the anterior ones wearing fine yellowish 
silky brushes instead. 
All over the Island the Rhipiphorides and MordellvKB appear to 
be very scarce, with the exception of 1 or 2 species of Anaspis 
which are not occasionally taken in flowers. Still I recollect hav- 
ing met with about seven species including two large Mordellce 
which however I have not been fortunate^enough to catch as yet. 
Fam. STAPHYLINID.E. * Trib. Pinophilini. 
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11. CEdichirus ahifus. N. 
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OE. alatus, setosus, nitidus, rufo-testaceus, thorace dilatiore, ca- 
pite, elytris abdominisque segmentis 3 ultimis nigris ; elytris apice 
2-maculatis, maculis rufo-testaceis ; pedibus flavis, femoribus apice 
tibiis que basi nigrescentibus ; autennis palpisque maxill. basi ob- 
scuris, apice testaceis, reliquis oris partibus rufo-piceis. Long, 
corp. 3^ lin. 
CE. pcederino Er. siraillimus, prteter colorum distributionem dif- 
fert tamen alis, elytorum antennarumque articuli ultimi sculptura. 
Antennse art. ultimo penultimo sequali nisi paulo minore, apice for- 
titer tnmcato leviterque excavato. Thorax (E. pcederini, dorso 
punctis biseriatim impressus, serie interna vel centrali elliptica 
punctis minoribus magis inter se approximatis, externa vel submar- 
ginali punctis magnis distantibus. Elytra oblonge subquadrata, in- 
fra medium rotundata, thorace longiora et fere duplo ampliora 
(utrumque elytron thoracis fere magnitudine), basi parte thoracis 
adjacente duplo — infra medium illius latitudine antica plus tertia 
parte latiora. Os, pedes et abdomen CE. pcsderini. 
PcBderorum more victitare videtur ; in eorum societate in lacus 
Colombensis ripis infrequentissime legi ; illis minus gracilis atque 
minus agilis. 
I have not had an opportunity of examining specimens of either 
of the three OEdichiri hitherto described. However, I have before 
me Erichson's figure and description of the Sicilian CE. pcederinus 
with which I find my species strongly to agree. 
