392 Mr. E. Newman on the Genus Passandiu, 



Sp. 1. Hect. curtipes. (Corp. long. "65 unc. ; lat. '325 unc.) 



,, ,, Newman, 'EntomologicalMagazine,' vol. v. 



p. 398. 



Black shining, the abdomen, coxae, femora, and a large oval 

 spot near the apex of each elytron red. The head has a deep 

 but diffuse transverse furrow posteriorly ; at each posterior 

 angle of the head this is joined by a shallow but clearly de- 

 fined sinuous longitudinal marginal furrow, which originates at 

 the base of the mandible and passes by the antennae and above 

 the eye ; the clypeus has on each side an elongate tubercular 

 elevation ; again on each side beyond this is a vague longitu- 

 dinal impression, which posteriorly assumes the character of 

 a deep furrow, and these two unite with the great transverse 

 furrow. The prothorax has an extremely slender posterior 

 and lateral marginal ridge, also two impressed longitudinal 

 dorsal furrows ; these originate in the anterior margin, and 

 proceed in a direct line one to each posterior angle. Each ely- 

 tron has two deep longitudinal furrows ; the first originates 

 by the side of the scutellum and extends to the apex ; the 

 second originates dorsally, near the shoulder, and ceases con- 

 siderably before the apex. 



Inhabits Senegal. The specimen from which the description is 

 taken I believe to be unique, in the cabinet of the Entomological 

 Club. 



Sp. 2. Hect. gigas. 



Cucujus gigas, Fabricius, ' Syst. Eleu./ vol. ii. p. 92. 



" Body very large for the genus Cucujus, depressed, smooth, 

 black and shining. The margin of the prothorax unarmed. 

 Elytra glabrous, black, with two distant impressed furrows ; 

 and between these, towards the apex, a large red spot.' 5 — Fab. 



" Inhabits Guinea. In the Museum of M. Sehestedt." — Fab. It 

 is very evident that this resembles the previously described species, 

 but the anomalous antennae and the furrows of the prothorax could 

 scarcely have escaped the careful eye of Fabricius. 



Sp. 3. Hect. brevifossunr. Atra, glaberrima, abdumine pedi- 

 busque piceis : prothoracis stria duce laterales, singuli elytri tres, 

 fossulaque brevissima antica inter primam et secundam. (Corp. 

 long. '7 unc. ; lat. '2 unc.) 



Brilliantly shining black, the abdomen and legs inclining 



