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Caput clypeo rotundato atro, medio disci subsulcato. Thorax 

 fuscus, marginibus elevatis, angulis anticis parum productis, pos- 

 ticis acutis et extus divergentibus. Scutellum postice rotundatum 

 atrum. Elytra acuminata fusco-jlava, iribus lineis parum elevatis 

 insignita. Corpus infra atro-piceum, femoribus concoloribvs. Me- 

 sosternum for titer excavatum, cornu aprosterni ad medios pedes- 

 porrecto. Long. corp. 361in. ; lat. 11 lin. 

 Fcemina magnitudine differt, thorace etiam paullo latiore antennis- 

 que compressis. 



The light castaneous appearance of the elytra of the above insect 

 must in a great measure be attributed to abrasion : when recently- 

 captured it was remarkable no doubt for a golden pubescence above 

 and beneath, which is a characteristic of other allied species. The 

 above magnificent species is named in honour of Mr. Cuming the 

 conchologist, whose important discoveries at Manilla in various 

 branches of zoology entitle him to the thanks of the naturalists of 

 England. It may be mentioned with regard to the above insects, 

 that the joints of all the tarsi are clothed with a row of short golden - 

 coloured plush ; the head and thorax are covered also with very short 

 gray pile, and in the male the elytra are fulvous red, whilst in the 

 female they are saturated on the disc with brown; the latter sex 

 is also a quarter of an inch larger than the male. It is also worthy 

 of notice that the joints of the antennae to which the leaflets are at- 

 tached gradually increase after the third joint, the extreme being the 

 most marked. 



Oxynopterus latipennis. Nigro-fuscus, antennis concoloribus , 

 elytris acuminatis et piceis. Caput fere quadratum, antice excava- 

 tum rugoso-punctatum. Thorax latus, angulis anticis vix productis, 

 posticis acutis, lateribus marginibus elevatis. Elytra atro-picea 

 tomentosa, apicibus acutis. Corpus infrh nigrum, pedibus ferru- 

 gineis. Long. corp. 24 lin. ; lat. 8 lin. 

 Hab. in Africa. 



The above species was received by me in a box of insects from 

 the Cape of Good Hope : for some time I was induced to regard it as 

 an Asiatic species, but since I have lately received a species nearly 

 similar in form from Sierra Leone, it may be an African insect. It is 

 remarkably broad for a male ; the disc of the thorax also is slightly 

 convex. A label attached to it has ' Gold Coast ' written on it. 

 In Musseo Dom. Hope. 

 Fcemina adhuc latet. 



Oxynopterus Java nus. Oxyn.fusco-flavusetaureo-tomentosus, an- 

 tennis ferrugineis . Caput atrum, antennis thorace fere duplo Ion- 

 gioribus. Thorax antice emarginatus, angulis utrinque productis, 

 posticis acutis et divergentibus. Elytra acuminata fusco-picea 

 aurato -tomentosa. Corpus infra nigrum, pedibus nigricantibus to- 

 mento supra, aspersis, tarsisque auricomatis. Long. corp. 23 lin. ; 

 lat. 7 lin. $ Long. corp. 28 lin. ; lat. 8£ lin. 



Fcemina dilfert antennis compresso-serratis et fuscis. 



Hab. in insula Javse. 



