180 Mr. J. Nietner on new Ceylon Coleoptera. 



are much scarcer. M. C. A. Dohrn of Stettin writes to me that 

 he has received another species from me (C. Cypris, D.), which, 

 however, I do not recollect ; it would appear to be smaller than 

 either of the former, black, with white tips to the antenna?. 



Tribe Feronid^e. 



Symphyus, n. g., N. 



Corpus robustum, oblongo-ovatum, subdepressum. Caput mediocre 

 postice haud angustatum, oculis mediocribus, sat prominulis, globosis. 

 Mentum semicirculare, profunde emarginatum, dente forti spiniformi, 

 lobis haud breviore, ligulee connato (hinc n. g. Symphyus), profunde 

 excavato. Ligula subcoriacea, inverte trigona, dorso elevato, para- 

 glossis magnis connatis, earn sat longe superantibus, apice cylindricis. 

 Palpi art. 4° ovato, apice truncato ; maxillares art. 3° elongato. La- 

 brum parvum, profunde angulate emarginatum. Mandibular validis- 

 simae, subtrigonae, porrecta3, una 1-, altera 2-dentata. Antennae fili- 

 formes, humeros parum superante, art. 1° mediocri, 2° parvo, 3° se- 

 quenti paulo minore, 4-11° subaequalibus, 5-11° depressis. Thorax 

 subquadrato-cordatus, lateribus rotundatus, basi angustatus, quadra- 

 tic, angulis posticis leviter oblique truncatis. Elytra ovata, parallela, 

 apice rotundata et leviter utrinque sinuata. Pedes mediocres, tibiis 

 ant. leviter dilatatis, profunde emarginatis ; intermed. fortiter spi- 

 nosis ; tarsi art. 1° cylindrico-trigono, 2° et 3° trigonis, 4° obcordato, 

 unguiculis simplicibus. (Mas latet.) 



66. Symphyus unicolor, N. 



S. niger, nitidus, glaber, pedibus oreque piceis. Long. corp. 8^ fin. ; 



lat. 3 lin. 



Capite inter antennas 2-foveolato, mandibulis sulcatis ; thorace 

 antice haud, postice vix emarginato, hie 2-impresso, linea longitud. 

 media diviso, ad marginem posteriorem longitud., dorso subtiliter 

 transversim ruguloso ; scutello leviter excavato ; ely tris striatis, in strhs 

 punctatis, interstitiis vix elevatis, cum thorace anguste marginatis. 



Specimen singulum f. prope Colombo mens. Decembr. nocte ad 

 lumen cepi. 



This description is made after a single female individual; but 

 I have little doubt that the insect belongs to the numerous tribe 

 to which I have referred it, in which it ought perhaps to be 

 placed near Eccopto genius, Chaud. I am, however, not sure 

 whether the shape of its ligula does not entitle it to a place 

 amongst the Anchonoderidce. I may add to the above descrip- 

 tion, that the accessory stria of the elytra is present, but that 

 the puncture usually found upon the 3rd interstice is wanting. 

 The general appearance of the insect presents nothing whatever 

 particular ; however, upon further inspection, the deeply notched 

 labrum and the strong, porrected mandibles are very striking. 

 The labium appears to me of extraordinary construction : the 



