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terne crassiore, duobus proximis brevibus, 7 sequentibus gradatim 

 increscentibus et fere trigonis, ultimo autem ovale, apice parum 

 minori. Palpi haud securiformes. Caput impressum, maxillis 

 obtusis unidentatis. Thorax lateribus carinatis, angulis j)osticis 

 subspinosis, anticis subrotundatis. Elytra thorace quintuple Ion- 

 giora, sulcata et rugosa, lateribus elevatis. 

 Phyllophorus gigas. Elater gigas, Fab., Sj'st. Eleut. 



Genus Tetralobvs, Serville. 

 Tetralobus flabellicornis . Elater flabellicornis, Fab. 

 Tetralobvs cinereus, Gory, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, torn. i» 

 p. 220. pi. 4. fig. 1. 



Tetralobus Goryi. Tetr. Mas, fusco- cinereus, capite fere qua- 

 drato, antice subexcavato, angulis anterioribus rotundatis. Thorax 

 marginatus, valde convexus, ad scutellum elevatus, utrinque de- 

 pressus, angulis posticis oblique acutis. Elytra thorace triplo 

 longiora, postice rotundata, lineis elevatis parum distinctis, tomen- 

 tosa. Corpus infra piceo-cinereum, pectore pubescenti. Pedes 

 tomentosi, femoribus compressis, tibiis subarcuatis, tarsisque flavo- 

 membranaceis. Annuli abdominis utrinque foveolati. Long. corp. 

 18£ lin. ; lat. 5± lin. 

 Hab. forsitan in Africa. 



Fcemina differt, long. 21 lin., lat. 6 lin. ; antennis serratis, arti- 



culo ultimo tribus antecedentibus sequali, subacute abdomine 



multo convexiore. 



A small variety of the above species exists in the rich cabinet of 



M. Dupont at Paris, and has been named by him T. Sennarius. It 



measures twenty lines in length, and differs also in the colour of its 



pubescence. 



Tetralobus Duponti. Tetr. nigro- cinereus, capite fere quadrato, 

 antice excavato, tomentoso, angulis anticis rotundatis. Thorax 

 convexus, subtilissime punctulatus haud foveis binis in medio im- 

 pressus. Elytra thorace triplo longiora, ad suturam subacuminata, 

 lineis vix distinctis. Corpus infra piceum, tomentosum, binis ulti- 

 mis annulis foveis, utrinque fortiter impressis. Pedes, femoribus, 

 tibiisque compressis. Long. corp. 28 lin. ; lat. 9 lin. 

 In Musaeo Dom. Dupont. 



It is probable that the above species is from Africa. It was re- 

 ceived by M. Dupont (in whose honour it is named) from a foreign 

 traveller, who is lately dead. No locality is mentioned. The an- 

 tennae are imperfect. 



Tetralobus Savagei. Tetr. totum corpus suprd, fusco -brunneum, 

 aurantiisque capillis obsitum. Caput fere quadratum angulis anticis 

 rotundatis, antice excavatum. Thorax convexus, angulis posticis 

 acutis. Elytra thorace duplo longiora, auratdque pubescentid tecta. 

 Corpus infrcl abdomine piceo , pectore aurantiis capillis lengis 06- 

 sito, femoribus tibiis piceis tarsisque infra auricomatis. Long, 

 corp. 13 lin. ; lat. 4 lin. 

 The above species I have much satisfaction in naming after an 

 American clergyman, the Rev. T.'S. Savage. His zeal in the col- 



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