1857.] Entomological Papers. 139 



Trib. Lebiidse vel Pericalidse. 

 Creagris. n. g. N. 



Corpus oblongum valde depressum. Caput magnum robustum ; 

 oculis mediocribus, ovatis, sat prominulis ; collo brevi. Mentum 

 forma ferri equini vel trifurcatum (hinc n. g. Creagris) lobis angus- 

 tis, subparallelis, inter med. et apic. leviter dilatatis, a pice oblique 

 truncatis, dente lobis parum breviore, tenui, acutissimo. Ligula 

 magna cornea, infra apicem leviter constricta, angulis anticis rotun- 

 datis paraglossia connatis, apicem non attingentibus. Palpi maxill- 

 art. 4° claviformi, apice fortiter truncato ; labiales art, 4° subellip- 

 tico, truncato. Labrum maximum, suborbiculatum, convexum. Man- 

 dibulse parvse, basi obsolete unidentatse, labro obtectae. Antenna 

 robustse humeros attingentes, art. 1, 3 et 11 longitudine fere sub- 

 sequali, mediocribus, 2° parvo, rotuudato, 4-10 sub^equalibus, cum 

 11° ovatis. Thorax parvus capite sesqui minor, transversus longi- 

 tudine duplo fere latior, infra med. fortius angustatus, basi parum 

 prolongatus. Pedunculus brevis. Elytra apicem versus leviter 

 dilatata, apice fortiter subquadrate truncata. Pedes robusti sim- 

 plices, subsequales, ant. tibiis profunde excavatis, omnes tarsis 

 brevibus art. 1° sequentium 2 fere longitudine, subcylindrico, 2 3 

 gradatim minoribus, magis minusve triangularibus, 4° maguo, pro- 

 funde bilobo, 5° mediocri, unguibus simplicibus, art, 4° subtus 

 dense penicillato. 



45. Creagris labrosa. JSf. 



C. picea, ore antennisque, coxis, trochauteribus femorum tibia- 

 rumque apice et tarsis brunueis ; dense punctata obsoleteque 

 pubescens ; elytris striatis ; long. corp. 4| lin. 



Specimen singulum prope Colombo nocte ad lumen cepi. 



I consider this scarce and interesting insect to form a passage 

 between the Lebiidse and Pericalidse, but am doubtful to which of 

 these two tribes to refer it, as, although it partakes of the character- 

 istics of either, it is at the same time distinct from either. Dis- 

 tinguished in several respects, its most extraordinary character lies 

 in the curious shape of the mentum. This is, however, easily 

 described as large, of the shape of a horseshoe with a long, thin, 

 very pointed tooth in the middle, the apical half of the sides (lobes) 



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