Coleoptera from the Indian Empire. .^o;") 



cJ . Short, robust, and parallel-sided, with the head coarsely 

 punctured, the cljpcus small, narrowed and rounded at the 

 ajicx, the mandil)les produced (about as long as the head), 

 strongly recurved, and acute at the tips. The prothorax is 

 transverse, rather strongly punctured, with the sides parallel 

 behind and the base feebly trisinuated. The scutellum is 

 very short and finely punctured. The elytra are strongly 

 and irregularly punctured, some of the punctures forming 

 lines. The pygidium is turned inwards and sparingly punc- 

 tured. The front tarsi are thickened and the outer claw 

 much larger than the inner one. 



$ . Longer and more oval, with the mandibles not pro- 

 duced or acute, the head more rugose and the prothorax, 

 elytra, and pygidium more coarsely and closely punctured. 

 The elytra have a small but well-marked fold beyond the 

 middle of the outer edge, and the pygidium is prominent. 



A single pair of this species was received with the Fry 

 Collection. They are about equal in size to small speci- 

 mens of F. 6-macufata, Kr., but are more robust and convex 

 than that species. It is more strongly punctured above and 

 more hairy beneath, and differs also by the prominent 

 pygidium and well-marked lateral thickening of the elytra in 

 the female and the form of the mandibles in the male. It is 

 likely that the latter attain a greater development than in the 

 type, but they are peculiar by their twisted appearance and 

 abruptly acuminate tips. Tlie maxillary palpi are much 

 stouter than in the other species. 



Dr. Ohaus has sent me for comparison a female from 

 Tonkin in his collection. It is like the Burmese female, but 

 more elongate and rather more finely sculptured upon the 

 elytra, and may prove to represent another species. 



Desmonyx, gen. nov. 



Labium elongatum, acuminatura, sine ligula distincta, palpis prope 



apicem positis, triarticulatis, articulo ultimo grandi, fusifornji. 

 Maxilla? reductaj, absque lobis aut dcntibus, palpis prope apicLni 



posiiis, 4-articulatis, articulo ultimo grandi fusiformi. 

 Maudibula? porrectae, falci formes. 



Labrum porrectum, angustum, integrum, dense ciliatum. 

 Clypeus antice latus, trilobatus, ad antcnnarum basin valde con- 



strictus. 

 Oculi parum prominentes. 

 Antenna; (J) longa?, 10-articulata;, articulo primo valde clavato, 



2-6 subffqualibus, 7 sat brevi, 8-10 longissime tlabellatis, ad 



praecedentes omnes longitudine icijualibus. 

 Prothorax transversus, lateribus basique arcuatis. 

 Scutellum latum, fere semicirculare. 



