96 REV. H. s. GORHAM ON NEW [Mar. 5, 



2. Descriptions of new Species and of a new Genus of 

 Coleoptera of the Family Telephorida. By the Rev. 

 H. S. GoRHAM, F.Z.S. 



[Eeceived 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 

 Telephoridae 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 genitalia is hardly yet advanced 

 enough for me to form an opinion as to whether all the species 

 which are Ancistronychce 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 

 Palsearctic 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. nov. (Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Castaneo-fulvus, nitidus ; antennis articulis quatuor ultimis tarsis- 

 que nigro-fuscis ; elytris chalybceis vel nigris, pernitidis, sub- 

 tiliter coriaceis. 



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