JAN. — MAR. 1857.] Descriptions Of new Ceylon Coleoptera. 171 
IV. Entomological Papers, being descriptions of neio Ceylon 
Coleoptera iviih such observations on their hah its, etc., as 
appear in any icay interesting. By John Niet^er, Colombo, 
Ceylon. 
No II. 
[N. B. In No. I. species 1 to be caucelletJ, being synonymous with Chlanius 
nitiduh(s. Dej. * 
Spec. 2. ditto : syn. C •xanihophilus. Wieden.] 
»III13. LEBIID^. 
ylnchista. n, g. N. 
Corpus depressum, ovatum. Mentum dente magno obtuso, lobis 
paruin breviore, his extus rotundatis, apice acuminatis. Palpi ro- 
busti, maxillares art. ultimo magno ovato, apice obtuso, labiales art. 
ultimo valde securiformi. Ligula cornea apice obtuse acuminata, 
labri marginem anteriorem attingens. (^Paraglossse mihi non dis- 
sectse.) Labrum transversim quadratum. Mandibulae simplices 
apice arcuatoe et acuminata;. Antennee robustse art. 1® mediocri, 
2^ brevi, 3^ quarto paulo longiore, 4-10 subaequalibus, 11 penul- 
timo parum longiore. Thorax longitudine latior, angulis anticis 
rotundatis, medio obsolete angulatus, basi &ngustatus, angulis rec- 
tis. Elytra apice quadrate truncata. Fedes robusti tarsis art 4^ 
profunde bilobo, unguibus fortiter pectinatis. 
12. Ancliista modesta. N. 
A. brunneo-testacea, elytris (maculis 2 obsoletis subhumeralibus 
exceptis) obscurioribus abdomine piceo. Long. corp. 4 lin. 
Caput fronte medio leviter uni-impressa. Thorax linea media 
longitudinali divisus. Elytra apicem versus parum dilatata, stri- 
ato-punctata, ad stiiam 2™ punctis 2 majoribus subapicalibus, cum 
thorace marginata. 
Prope Colombo nocte ad lumen cepi. 
The characteristics of this new genus are those of the g. Calleida 
(between >Yhich and Cymindis I place it) excepting the ligula which 
