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hairs, placed at considerable distances from each other, on the 

 back of either elytron and a third just within the margin ; 

 the same thin hairs are scattered about the thorax, femora, 

 and elsewhere.. The legs are longer and more slender than 

 in O. cyanoceph. 



The Ophionia cyanocephala is not scarce in this part of 

 the Island, it affects rather damp, grassy localities where it 

 mounts upon the stalks of the plants as Heifer has observed 

 of some species in Bengal, but quite different from the ob- 

 servations Lacordaire has made with regard to the American 

 spec, of the genus. However, it is much more frequently 

 taken about the light at night. The 2 spec, just described are 

 much scarcer. Mr. C. A. Dohrn of Stettin writes to me 

 that he has received another spec, from me (C. Cypris D.) 

 which, however, I do not recollect; it would appear to be 

 smaller than either of the former, black, with white tips to 

 the antennas. 



VI. Symphyus, n. g. N. Fam. Carabim:, trib. 

 Feronid^e. 



Corpus robustum oblongo-ovatum, subdepressum. Caput mediocre 

 postice haud angustatum, oculis mediocribus, sat prommulis, globosis. 

 Mentum semicirculare profunde emarginatum, dente forti spiniformi, 

 lobis haud breviore, ligulaa cormato (hinc n. g. Symphyus), profunde 

 excavato. Ligula subcoriacea inverte trigona, dorso elevato, paraglossis 

 magnis connatis, earn sat longe superantibus, apice cylindrieis. Palpi 

 art. 4° ovato, apice truncato ; maxillares art. 3° elongato. Labrum 

 parvum profunde angulate emarginatum. Mandibulae validissima3, 

 subtrigonge, porrectse, una 1-, altera 2-dentata. Antennae filiformes, 

 humeros parum superantibus, art. 1° mediocri, 2o parvo, 3o sequenti 

 paulo minore, 4-11 subaaqualibus, 5-11 depressis. Thorax subquadrato- 

 eordatus lateribus rotundatus, basi angustatus, quadratus, angulis pos- 

 ticus leviter oblique truncatis. Elytra ovata, parallel a, apice rotundata 

 et leviter utrinque sinuata. Pedes mediocres, tibiis ant. leviter dilatatis, 



