177 
Genus CORYLOPHODES. 
Matthews, Ent. Mon. Mag., xxii, 1885, p. 60. 
itnloolor, Matthews, Ann. Mag. N. H., (5s.) xix, 1837, p. 109. 
Hab. Java. 
Genus CATOPTYX. 
Matthews, Ann. Mag. N. H-, (5s.) six, 1887, p. Ill- 
Bowringli, Matthews, l.c., p. 112. 
Hab. Java. 
Genus APHANOCEPHALUS- 
Wollaston, Ent. Mon. Mag., ix, 1873, p. 278. 
dlsstmtlls, Matthew's, Anti. Mag. N. H,, (5s.) xix, 1887, p. 115. 
Hab. China. 
quadriniaculatus, Matthews, l.e., p. 1 14. 
Hab. Penang. 
vltreus, Matthews, l.c,, p. 114. 
Hab. China. 
f alutaceum (Saoiwm ), Matthews, l, e. p. 106, 
Hab. Maldonado. 
Family SCY-DMiENIDjE. 
Catalogue of the Insecta of the Oriental Region. Order Coleoptera, No. 10, 
Family Scydmainidjj — By E. T. Atkinson, B. A. 
The Scydmcenidce are small, shining insects, usually ovate, of a brown 
c olour, more or less clothed with erect hairs. It is only of late years 
that many have been recorded from the Oriental Region. Sohaufuss, 
in 1866, gave the bibliography up to that date in his Monograph, In 
1882, Reitter sub-divided the family into five tribes : — C hevrolatini, 
Cephenini, Scydmaenini, Eumicrini, and Maatigini, aud, since then, 
has suggested that the name Eumicrus, Lap., should be changed into 
Scydmaenua, whilst for the S. Godartii series to which that name had 
been applied, the name Cyrtoscydmus Motseh., should be used. This 
proposal has not received such acceptance as to warrant its adoption 
here. The insects of this family are found near water, under stones, in 
ants’ nests and under bark, and occasionally flying in the dusk. Leconte 
notices that the Scydmcenidce difler from the Paeluphidas, to which they are 
closely allied, by the long elytra aud the conical distant posterior coxte. 
The Indian Museum does not possess any specimens from the Oriental 
Region. 
