COLEOPTERA. 
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£ Tibiis anticis longioribus, magis arcuatis , apice non ampliatis , 
unco unico externo longo intus valde oblique incurvo-armatis. 
$ Tibiis anticis parurn arcuatis , apice intus angulato—breviter unci- 
fero — ampliatis , unco exteriori breviori , minus incurvo. 
Long, (rostr. excl.) 2 T 8 0 —3 ; elylr. 1^—l r 8 -. Lat. hum. 1^—lf g mill. 
Synon.: Rhynchites Jekelii, Dohrn. litt. Syn. ceylonicus, Jekel, 
litt. 
Patria: Ins. Ceylon. A. Dom. Nietner captus. Mus. Bowring, 
Dohrn, Saunders et Jekel. 
About the size of Euops Bowringii , Jekel: the rostrum is not so flat, 
the thorax is not obliquely, but transversely strigose; the elytra a little 
more conic, their shoulders more angulose, but also a little rounded, 
their punctures are smaller, more numerous, leaving the interstices 
broader, almost smooth ; they are transversely impressed behind the scu- 
tellum. This organ is of a rich metallic golden or emerald hue. The 
shoulders, pygidium, abdomen and legs are often more metallic than the 
other parts of the body, except the rostrum and scutellum, which are 
the most richly coloured. In some specimens a metallic macula is ob¬ 
servable on the vertex, close to the junction of the eyes. This admirable 
myrmidon must be a most dazzling and glittering little thing when 
alive. 
Genus RHYNCHITES, Ilerbst. 
This genus, as limited by Schonherr, has now become extremely 
numerous, and one may reasonably suppose the number of its species 
in the various collections as reaching over 150. The few new species I 
have here to register do not permit me to enter into a proposition of 
classification, that I would base upon the constitution of the head, ros¬ 
trum and eyes, shape of the scutellum, station of the pygidium, structure 
of the tarsi, claws, &c. 
