XYNOPHRON. 199 



NOTE XXVIII. 



XYNOPHRON, 



A NEW GENUS OF THE SCATONOMIDAE 



(COPROPHAGOUS LAMELLICORN COLEOPTERA) 



Baron E. VON HAROLD. 



Xynophron , g. n. 



Corpus anguste ovale , sat couvexum. Oculi plaui , mi- 

 nuti, Clypeus medio emarginatus et utrinque breviter bideu- 

 tatus. Thorax foveolis lateralibus fere ob.soletis. Elytra 

 humeris acutis. Pygidium inflexum, sulco transverso basali. 

 Prosternum postice valde dilatatum , planum. Coxae anticae 

 breves , transversae. Mesosteruum magnum , sutura fere 

 recta a metasterno divisura. Tibiae anticae apice recte 

 truncatae , extus breviter tridentatae , dentibus duobus infe- 

 rioribus approximatis. Tibiae posticae extus leviter serratae , 

 tarsis brevibus , metatarso articulo sequenti fere breviore. 

 Calcaria apicalia tibiarum posticarum brevia, 2 ad inter- 

 media», ad posticas unum. 



An extremely ambiguous genus , about the exact position 

 of which I retain certain doubts, not having l)een able to 

 examine the mandicating organs in the unique type spe- 

 cimen . 



At first sight one might feel inclined to place the insect 



Notes from the Leyden IVIuseiini , "Vol. II. 



