1889.] COLEOPTERA OF THE FAMILY TELEPHORID^. 105 



Many examples of this, which is one of the most beautiful of the 

 Telephoridse, were captured by Mr, A. E. Pratt at Kiukiang. 



23. Telephorus violaceipennis, sp. nov. 



Badius ; femorum apicibus, tibiis tarsisque nigris; ehjtris violaceis, 

 nitidis ; antennis fuscis, articulis duobus bast riifis. 



Long. 20 millim. $ . 



Hab. Kiukiang. 



Larger than T. coelestis, and differing from it by the hind tibiae 

 being entirely black and by the fuscous antennse. The elytra are of 

 a deep violet ; and the whole insect is wider and more robustly built 

 than T. calestis, though, as there is only one female example among 

 the many Telephoridae 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. 



2-1. Telephorus (Ancistronycha) prattianus, sp. nov. 

 (Plate X. fig. 3.) 



Niger ; capite, prothorace, scutello, femorum {maris posterioribus 

 exceptis) et antennarum articulo prima rufis, hoc nigro-maculato. 



Long. 12-13 millim. d" $. 



Mas. Abdomi7ie nigro, femoribus posticis concoloribus. 



Fern. Ahdomine nigro, femoribus omnibus basi rufis. 



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 ; 

 antennae 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 coxae yellow, as is also the mesosteroum. 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 setae from the hook at their 

 base, 



25. Telephorus (Ancistronycha) orientalis, sp. nov, 



Luride ochraceus ; antennis {articulis duobus primis e.vceptis) in- 

 fuscatis ; prothorace oblongo-subquadrato, disco ifitEquali, nitido, 

 postice longitudinaliter impresso ; elytris opacis, subrugosis. 



Long. 14-16 millim. $. 



Hab. 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 antennae (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 



