Mr. A. Murray on Coleopiera from Old Calabar. 133 



I have dedicated this species to my friend M. Leon Fairmaire, 

 President of the Entomological Society of France. 



6. C/i. Waddellii, mihi. 



Capite viridi ct thorace virescenti, nitidis ; thorace obcordato, 

 sparsim punctato; elytris elongatis, depressis^ nigris, vix vires- 

 centibus ad basin, punctato-striatis, interstitiis convexis im- 

 punctatis ; siibtus piceus ; antennis pedibusque rufescentibus. 



Long. 12-13 lin., lat. 4i-5 lin. 



A large species, about the size and with the general form of 

 Epomis circumscriptus. 



Head metallic green, sparingly pmictured behind, and with 

 two small longitudinal fovcse in front, about which are one or 

 two punctures; a few longitudinal wrinkles along the sides; 

 clypeus of the same colour as the head, with four small fovese, 

 deepest anteriorly, two in front and one on each side ; antennae 

 rufescent, first three joints shining, the rest pubescent; labrura 

 rufescent, darkest in the middle, not emarginate; mandibles 

 piceous ; palpi rufescent, basal joints paler. Thorax obcordate, 

 narrowed behind, broadly emarginate at the base; posterior 

 angles rounded and obtuse ; dorsal line distinct, reaching to the 

 base, or nearly so, but not in front beyond the semicircular 

 line, black, slightly virescent on the back, but bright metallic 

 bluish-green on the anterior angles and sides, which are mar- 

 gined ; smooth, shining, and with a few rather large punctures 

 scattered sparingly and irregularly over the surface, a little more 

 frequently towards the base; a deep, impunctate, longitudinal 

 fovea is placed a little in advance of the base on each side of 

 the dorsal line, but nearer to the external margin than to the 

 latter. Scutellum subsinuate-triangular, impunctate, with a 

 slight depression on each side towards the base. Elytra gla- 

 brous, long, broad and depressed, black, with a very slight 

 bluish-green tinge at the base and margins, punctate-striate, the 

 striae deep, but the punctures in them rather faint and trans- 

 verse; the interstices convex and impunctate ; the marginal space 

 pubescent, finely punctate, with a few larger depressions; re- 

 mains of pubescence are also seen springing from the punctures 

 in the striae ; the apex is only slightly emarginate. Under side 

 piceous ; prosternum smooth, with a few scattered punctures on 

 the sides ; mesosternum more so, and metasternum, epipleura, 

 and abdominal segments with a fine granular or papillose punc- 

 tuation, most marked on the sides. Legs rufescent, with the 

 knees and tarsi somewhat darker. 



I have named this fine species (the largest of the Chlanii 

 which I have received from Old Calabar) after the Rev. Hope 



