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

Trib.

''Ochthephilus. n. g. N.''

Corpus oblongum, subparallelum, valde depressum. Caput magnum 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 incrassato; labiales art. 3° robusto externe incrassate, 2° parvo, cylindrico. Labrum parvum subtrigonum, antice emarginatum. Mandibulæ elongatæ, rectæ, trigonæ, apice arcuatæ, infra medium pluries dentatæ. Antennæ rebustæ corporis med. fere attingentes, art. 1° et 11° mediocribus, subæqualibus, 2-4 et 5-10 inter se subæqualibus illis subcylindricis, his ovatis, Thorax subcordatus basi quadratus. Pedunculus brevis. Elytra apice rotundata. Pedes omnes simplices, subæquales, anteriores tibiis prefunde excavatis, tarsis leviter centractis, art. 1-4 gradatim mineribus, art. 1° subcylindrico 2-4 subtrigonis, 5° sat magno, unguibus simplicibus.

43 Ochthephilus Ceylanicus N.

O. brunneo-testaceus, pedibus palpisque testaceis tenuiter pubescens; fronte prefunde 2-sulcata; elytris obsolete striatis, in striis punctatis; long. corp. 1 lin.

In fluminum ripis Bembidiorum more victitat.

This interesting little beetle might at first sight be mistaken for a Lœmophlœus, the size, depressed form and color of which it has,