50 Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. [no. 3, new series, 



IT Entomological Papers, being descriptions of new Ceylon 

 Coleoptera with such observations on their habits, ect., as 

 appear in any way interesting. By John Nietner, Co- 

 lombo Ceylon, 



No. IV. 



Trib. Bembidiid^. 

 Ochthephilus. n. g. N. 



Corpus oblongum, subparallelum, valde depression. Caput mag- 

 num antice trigonum ; oculis magnis, ovatis, prominulis ; collo forti. 

 Mentum subquadrate emarginatum, lobis extus fortiter rotundatis, 

 apice abrupte acuminatis, dente parvo acuminato. Ligula parva 

 apice quadrate truncata, libera, paraglossis setiformibus marginem 

 anteriorem longe superantibus. Palpi robusti art. 4° elongato, 

 tenui, acuminato; maxillares art. 3° interne — ,2° externe incrassa-' 

 to ; labiales art. 3° robusto externe incrassato, 2° parvo, cylindrico. 

 Lubrum parvum subtrigonum, antice emarginatum. Mandibula3 

 elongatse, rectse, trigonse, apice arcuatse, infra medium pluries den- 

 tatse. Antennae robustae corporis med. fere attingentes, art. 1° et 

 11? mediocribus, subsequalibus, 2-4 et 5-10 inter se subsequalibus 

 illis subcylindricis, his ovatis, Thorax subcordatus basi quadratus. 

 Pedunculus brevis. Elytra apice rotundata. Pedes omnes sim- 

 plices, subaequales,anteriores tibiis profunde excavatis, tarsis leviter 

 contractis, art. 1-4 gradatim minoribus, art. 1° subcylindrico 2-4 

 subtrigonis, 5° sat magno, unguibus simplicibus. 



43 Ochthephilus Ceylanicus N. 



O. brunneo-testaceus, r pedibus palpisque testaceis tenuiter 

 pubescens ; fronte profunde 2-sulcata ; elytris obsolete striatis, in 

 striis punctatis ; long. corp. lj lin. 



In fluminum ripis Bembidiorum 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, 



