96 REV. H. S. GORHAM ON NEW [Mar. 5, 
2. Descriptions of new Species and of a new Genus of 
Coleoptera of the Family Telephoride. By the Rev. 
H. S. Gornam, F.Z.S. 
[Received March 5, 1889.] 
(Plate X.) 
The object of this paper is to contribute something to our know- 
ledge of the Malacodermata pertaining to the genus Telephorus and 
its near allies from Eastern Asia, with the exception of the Japanese 
species, which are already pretty well known and a revision of which 
will appear in a separate paper. The material in my hands for the 
purpose consists of :—(I.) My own collection from various sources, 
which I have been forming for many years. (II.) The collection of 
the Imperial Museum at Calcutta, of which the whole of the Mala- 
codermata have been placed in my hands for determination ; these 
are for the most part old specimens, chiefly from the North-east 
Frontier. (III.) A collection made by Mr. A. E. Pratt near Kiu- 
kiang for Mr. Leech, and many specimens collected by Mr. Leech 
himself in China and Korea. And (IV.) I have to thank M. R. 
Oberthiir for examples of a few most interesting species from Thibet 
and from Mt. Kodeicanel in Southern India. 
With regard to the question of the genera to which Eastern 
Telephoride should be referred, I have dissected many of the species 
and the result I arrive at is that the majority belong to that section 
of Telephorus which has in Europe received the name of Ancis- 
tronycha ; but the study of the male genitaliais hardly yet advanced 
enough for me to form an opinion as to whether all the species 
which are Ancistronyche by the structure of the claws should be 
retained in that genus, or whether it would simplify their classifi- 
cation to form new genera based upon the other structures of the 
male. It must be borne in mind that Malacodermata have been so 
little collected, and are frequently only available in such bad condition, 
through age, and are so apt to shrivel that the study of the ventral 
appendages is attended with much difficulty. Still I have been 
able to do something in this way, and hope to present some remarks 
with drawings. Telephorus proper is a genus confined to the 
Palearctic and Nearctic Regions of the globe, reaching its highest 
development in the Eastern parts of the former district, and among 
the species described in this paper are some of the largest and most 
brilliant of the whole Family. One new genus is now proposed for 
some very abnormal species from India, which have also represen- 
tatives in China. 
1. TELEPHORUS CHALYBEIPENNIS, sp. noy. (Plate X. fig. 2. 
Castaneo-fulvus, nitidus ; antennis articulis quatuor ultimis tarsis- 
gue nigro-fuscis ; elytris chalybeis vel nigris, pernitidis, sub- 
tiliter coriaceis. 
Long. 18 millim. ¢ Q. 
