Mr. A. Murray on Coleoptet'a from Old Calabar, 451 



race elytris vix angustiore, angulis posticis productis ; elytris 

 striato-punctatis, interstitiis impunctatis convexis. 

 Long. 7^ lin., lat. 3 lin. 



Exceedingly close to the preceding species, but larger, broader, 

 and more convex ; the posterior margin of the eye is more en- 

 croached on by the chitinous substance of the head than in the 

 last ; the polished space in the middle of the flat sides of the 

 antennae is rather broader, and is entirely smooth and without 

 punctures. Thorax more convex, broader, and less narrowed 

 behind than in the preceding species, scarcely narrower than the 

 elytra, bisinuate in front, and with the posterior angles project- 

 ing backwards. There is a greater number of impressions in the 

 channel along the margin than in the last species. Prosternum 

 with several deep punctures arranged somewhat in a longitu- 

 dinal double row along its projecting part. Elytra punctate- 

 striate; interstices impunctate and convex, the punctures and 

 impressions on the sides deeper and more distinct than in the last 

 species ; the stria next to the suture also is nearer it, which makes 

 the rest of the interstices look wider ; the part of the elytra 

 beside the suture is more depressed than the rest. In other 

 respects the two species agree. 



BuDERES, mihi {^ov^ and heprj). 



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Caput parvum, quadratum, parum convexum, pone oculos sine 

 tumore, sed parte posteriore oculorum tegumento tecta, foveis 

 duabus sinuatis fronte longitudinaliter valde impressis. La- 

 brum transversum, antice quam postice latins, angulis anticis 

 projicientibus margineque antico emarginato et ciliato. Man- 

 dibulse robustse, extus rotundatse supra carinatse, apice acutse 

 intus sine dente. Maxillse acutse. Palpi breves et mediocriter 

 robusti ; articulus ultimus palporum externorum longus et cy- 

 lindricus, articulus penultimus triangularis basi pedunculatus ; 

 articulus ultimus palporum labiahum elongato-ovatus. Men- 

 turn latum, leviter excavatum et profunde emarginatum, cum 



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