148 Mr. Sez Ncr's Monograph of the Genus Choleva. 
description leaves no doubt as to the correctness of the reference 
to him. | um 
8. CHOLEVA ee: 
C. ovalis nigra, antennis basi, tibiis, tarsisque, rufo-brunneis ; 
antennis clavatis: articulo extimo brevi, mucronato ; capite 
antice abbreviato. 
Long. Corp. 24 lin. Lat. 14 lin. 
Habitat ——— Mus. D. Leach, Watson, Wilkin. 
Precedentis descriptio huic speciei applicari potest, differentiis sequentibus exceptis, An- 
tennc tenuiores, basi rufo-brunnes, apice sub-fuscescentes ; articulis sex ultimis 
paterzformi-turbinatis ; extimo haud ovato contiguis initiis et dupló longiore, - 
sed globoso-ovata mucronata, illis subequali. Caput quàm in precedente minus, 
ante antennas brevius, Elytra respectu thoracis breviora. 
The characters which separate this species from the preceding 
are not very. obvious, but sufficiently constant, as a narrow exami- 
nation of not fewer than twelve specimens, ten of which were sup- 
` plied by my friend Dr. Leach, F. L.S., whose name it bears, has. 
proved, to constitute it perfectly distinct. 
9. Cuorrva Kirbii. 7 
C. obovata fusca, pedibus dilutioribus, antennis basi ferrugineis, 
articulis ultimis transversis ; elytris apice acutis. 
Long. Corp. 12 lin. Lat. 1 lin. 
Habitat —— Mus. D. Kirby, Nostr, 8. D. Kirby. 
DESCR. CORPUS obovatum, fuscum, pube grisescente vestitum, sub lente, pube detritä, 
‚obsolet& rugulosum. 
CaPur punctulatum.  Labrum Palpique ferruginea. Antenne articulis quinque pri- 
- mis ferrugineis, reliquis fuscis ; clavats, tioa ferè longitudine, structura ut in 
precedente. 
TRuwNcus. Thorax dai EE lateribus Maud sed ad angulos po- 
sticos subrectis ; posticé rectus sine ullà excavatione apud angulos, sed medio 
utrinque levitér sinuatus. Coleoptra thorace dupló longiora et in medio pauló 
latiora, 
