jan. — mar. 1857.] Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. 171 



IV. Entomological Papers, being descriptions of new Ceylon 

 Coleoptera with such observations on their habits, etc., as 

 appear in any way interesting. By John Nietner, Colombo s 

 Ceylon. 



No II. 



[N. B. In No. I. species 1 to be cancelled, being synonymous with Chlcenius 

 nitidulus. Dej. 



Spec. 2. ditto : syn. C. xanthophilus. Wieden.] 



TKIB. LEBIIDJE. 



Anchista. n. g. N. 



Corpus depression, ovatum. Mentum dente magno obtuso, lobis 

 parum 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. (Paraglossae mihi non dis- 

 sectee.) Labrum transversim quadratum. Mandibulae simplices 

 * apice arcuatse et acuminatse. Antennae robustae art. 1 Q mediocri, 

 2° brevi, 3 Q quarto paulo longiore, 4-10 subsequalibus, ll p penul- 

 timo parum longiore. Thorax longitudine latior, angulis anticis 

 rotundatis, medio obsolete angulatus, basi sngustatus, angulis rec- 

 tis. Elytra apice quadrate truncata. Fedes robusti tarsis art 4° 

 profunde bilobo, unguibus fortiter pectinatis. 



12. Anchista 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 striam 2 m 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 which and Cymindis I place it) excepting the ligula which 



