60 Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. [no. 3, new sekies, 



antennis humeros attingentibus art. 2 0 parvo, reliquis longitudine 

 subsequali ; mandibulis obconicis robustis, una unidentata, altera 

 incisa ; labro vix emarginato ; palpis art. 4° ovato, apice abruptius 

 angustato, leviter truncato ; thorace transverso, longitudine tertia 

 parte latiore, elytris vix angustiore, lateribus rotundato, infra med. 

 leviter angustato, basi subquadrato, hie vix, antice leviter emargi- 

 nato, angulis apicalibus obtuse acuminatis, basalibus subrecte ro- 

 tundatis; elytris punctato-striatis, apice fortius 2-sinuatis etangus- 

 tatis ; tarsis art. 4° cordato ; long. corp. 4 J lin. lat. 1 J. lin. 



Prope Colombo sat copiosus. 



This as well as the succeeding two species fly very commonly into 

 rooms at night during the rainy weather. The present spec, is a 

 fine, comparatively large, robust insect. I may add to the above 

 description that the emargination of the mentum is of middling size, 

 its lobes rounded externally and its tooth just marked in the shape 

 of a slight obtuse rising at the bottom of the emargination. The 

 ligula is very small and narrow, the paraglossse very large adhering 

 to it and enveloping it fully and on all sides, the whole is very slight- 

 ly cut away at the apical angles and slightly, but abruptly and ra- 

 ther deeply, notched at the centre of the anterior margin. I may 

 further notice that some of the individuals before me have the apex 

 of the maxill. palpi prolonged, cylindric and slightly bent inwards ; 

 as this is not a sexual distinction and as the insects thus distin- 

 guished differ in no other respect from the rest, I look upon them 

 as curious varieties. 



51. Harpalus (OphonusJ rugosus N. 



H. prsecedenti simillimus sed sesqui minor, magis rugosus, an- 

 tennis robustioribus art. 5-11 ovatis leviter depressis, colore supra 

 parum obscuriore, subtus dilutiore, pedibus albidis, coxis tarsisque 

 brunneis, antennis totis castaneis ; long. corp. 3J lin. 



The small size and, upon close inspection, the other peculiarities 

 just pointed out, readily distinguish this species from the former in 

 spite of their close affinity in other respects. They are both equally 

 common about Colombo, 



