1889.] COLEOPTERA OF THE FAMILY TELEPHORID#. 105 
Many examples of this, which is one of the most beautiful of the 
Telephoridee, were captured by Mr. A. E. Pratt at Kiukiang. 
23. TELEPHORUS VIOLACEIPENNIS, Sp. Nov. 
Badius ; femorum apicibus, tibiis tarsisque nigris ; elytris violaceis, 
nitidis ; antennis fuscis, articulis duobus basi rufis. 
Long. 20 millim. 9. 
Hab. Kiukiang. 
Larger than 7. celestis, and differing from it by the hind tibize 
being entirely black and by the fuscous antenne. ‘The elytra are of 
a deep violet ; and the whole insect is wider and more robustly built 
than 7’. celestis, though, as there is only one female example among 
the many Telephoridz collected by Mr. Pratt, it is not possible to 
give comparative characters. The elytra are rugulose, and almost 
punctured externally near the shoulders, internally and towards the 
apex they are obsoletely rugose, but shining. 
24. TeLePHORUS (ANCISTRONYCHA) PRATTIANUS, Sp. NOV. 
(Plate X. fig. 3.) 
Niger ; capite, prothorace, scutello, femorum (maris posterioribus 
exceptis) et antennarum articulo primo rufis, hoc nigro-maculato. 
Long. 12-13 millim. ¢ Q. 
Mas. Abdomine nigro, femoribus posticis concoloribus. 
Fem. Abdomine nigro, femoribus omnibus basi rujis. 
Hab. China, Kiukiang (Pratt). 
Head and thorax orange-red, shining ; the former excavate between 
the eyes, the tips of the mandibles pitchy ; eyes small but prominent ; 
antenne long, their basal joint yellow, spotted with fuscous above, 
the following joints fuscous, the third shorter than the fourth and 
succeeding joints, the apices of the fourth to the eighth joints slightly 
produced at the tips internally. The thorax squarish with rounded 
front angles, channelled in the middle, and strongly tumid on each 
side. Scutellum and bases of the four anterior femora with their 
trochanters and coxe yellow, as is also the mesosteraum. The 
elytra are dull black, granularly rugose and with one or two distinct 
nervures. The female has the body beneath yellow, the anterior 
claws being also hamate, with a tuft of setee from the hook at their 
base. 
» 25. TeLerHorus (ANCISTRONYCHA) ORIENTALIS, sp. nov. 
Luride ochraceus ; antennis (articulis duobus primis exceptis) in- 
fuscatis ; prothorace oblongo-subquadrato, disco inequali, nitido, 
postice longitudinaliter impresso ; elytris opacis, subrugosis. 
Long. 14-16 millim. 92. 
Aab. Fuchau (G. Lewis; 8. Leech); Kiukiang (Pratt). 
This is a narrow species, with the legs rather long; it is 
entirely ochraceous yellow, with the exception of the antenne (of 
which the third to the apical joints are fuscous, but have neverthe- 
less their bases yellow), and the fourth bilobed joint of the tarsi, 
which is also fuscous. The head is smooth and shining, under a 
