NEW  GENERA  AND  SPECIES  OF  COLEOPTEROUS  INSECTS. 
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Fam.  Harpalid^,  MacLeay. 
Genus.  Chl/enius,  Bon. 
Chl^enius  Sykesii. 
Tab.  XIII.  Fig.  2. 
Chlan.  ater ;  capite  metallice  tricolori ;  thorace  nigricante ;  elytrorum  maculis  sex  auran- 
tiis ;  antennis  pedibusque  nigris. 
Long,  corporis  9  lin. ;  lat.  4. 
Hab.  in  India  Orientali,  circa  Poona. 
Mus.  Sykes, 
Descr.  AntenruB  nigrse,  articulis  prioribus  tribus  rubris.  Palpi  picei.  Caput  punctu- 
latum,  antice  rubrum,  in  medio  cyaneum,  postice  viride.  Thorax  punctatissimus, 
ater,  marginibus  lateralibus  seneo-virescentibus.  Elytra  striato-punctata,  inter- 
stitiis  striarum  serie  duplici  punctorum  elaboratis,  maculisque  sex  aurantiis  or- 
natis,  quarum  prior  humeralis  minor,  media  maxima  fer^  ad  suturam  extensa, 
tertia  rotundata  ante  apicem  posita  attamen  margines  elytrorum  baud  attingens. 
Corpus  infr^  nigro-piceum. 
1  have  named  this  beautiful  insect  after  my  friend  Lieut. -Colonel  W.  H.  Sykes,  in 
whose  cabinet  it  is  preserved,  and  to  whose  kindness  I  am  indebted  for  the  free  use  of 
the  interesting  collection  formed  by  him  during  a  residence  of  several  years  at  Poona. 
His  zeal  and  exertions  for  the  advancement  of  the  zoology  and  geology  of  India  are 
deservedly  appreciated  by  the  naturalists  of  England. 
Stirps.  Necrophaga,  Lat. 
Fam.  SiLPHiDiE,  Leach. 
Genus.  Oiceoptoma,  Leach. 
Oiceoptoma  tetraspilotum. 
Tab.  XIII.  Fig.  3. 
Oic.  atro-violaceum;  thorace  miniato,  quadri-maculato;  pedibus  nigro-cyaneis. 
Long,  corporis  9  lin. ;  lat.  4i. 
Hab.  in  India  Orientali,  circa  Poona  copiosfe. 
Mus.  Sykes. 
Descr.  Caput  atrum.    Antennae  picese,  capitulo  fusco  tomentoso.    Thorax  subtilissim^ 
punctatus,  ruber,  macuhs  quatuor  nigris  postic^  notatus.    Elytra  nigro-violacea, 
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