94  THE  REV.  F.  W.  HOPE'S  CHARACTERS  AND  DESCRIPTIONS  OF 
subacuminata,  versus  apicem  obliqu^  trancata,  fortissime  punctata,  sutura  lineisque 
elevatis,  linea  tertia  ad  medium  disci  descendente  tuberculoque  cum  linea  secunda 
connexa.  Corpus  subtiis  violaceum.  Femora  tibicBqae  nigro-cyanese.  Tarsi  un- 
guesc^Q  brunneo-picei. 
A  common  opinion  prevails  among  entomologists,  that  the  typical  Silphida  are  rare 
in  warm  countries.  My  own  collection  contains,  however,  several  African  and  tropical 
species.  Necrophagus  Nepalensis,  Hope,  and  Silpha  melanaria,  Ej.,  are  from  India;  as 
is  also  Necrodes  osculans,  Vig. 
I  may  add,  that  I  have  recently  received  from  Japan  two  species  of  Silpha,  one  of 
which  I  have  named,  from  its  locality,  Silpha  Japonica,  and  the  other  in  honour  of  the 
celebrated  Dr.  Siebold. 
Fam.  Engid^,  MacLeay. 
Genus.  Languria,  Lat. 
Languria  cyanea. 
Tab.  XIIL  Fig.  4. 
Lang,  cyanea;  antennis  piceis ;  elytris  punctato-striatis. 
Long,  corporis  3  lin. ;  lat.  1. 
Hah.  in  agro  Nepalensi. 
Mus.  Hope. 
Descr.  Caput  ruga  transversa  inter  oculos  impressum.  Antenna  picese,  longse,  articulis 
tribus  ultimis  dilatatis.  Thorax  glaber,  subtilissim^  punctatus,  postice  contractus. 
Elytra  punctato-striata,  cyanea.  Corpus  infra  concolor.  Pedes  elongati.  Tarsi 
subtus  fusci,  flavo-pubescentes. 
This  insect  recedes  from  the  type  of  Languria,  and  will  probably  form  at  some  future 
period  a  subgenus  with  other  Indian  species.  The  antenna  are  long,  with  a  slightly 
incrassated  club  of  three  joints  only ;  the  legs  are  comparatively  long ;  the  tarsi  are 
narrow ;  and  the  posterior  part  of  the  thorax  is  contracted :  characters  by  which  it 
differs  from  the  usual  form  of  Languria. 
The  Brazilian  species  of  this  genus  appear  also  to  form  another  subgenus. 
