134 Mr. A. Murray on Coleoptera from Old Calabar, 



M. Waddell, one of the most zealous and able of the mission- 

 aries who have done so much both for natural science, civiliza- 

 tion and religion in this interesting region. 



DiLOBOCHiLUS, Laferte, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (2 ser.) ix. 293. 



1. D. TVestermanni, Laf. Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. 1852, p. 67. 



Tomochilus Westermanni, Laf. loc. cit. 



Capite thoraceque viridi-seneis, nitidis; thorace subquadrato, 

 antice angustiore, sparse et sat profunde punctato, ad basin 

 utrinque foveis profundis longitudinaliter impresso ; margini- 

 bus rubro-cupreo micantibus ; elytris nigris et opacis, striato- 

 punctatisj interstitiis parum elevatis, geminato-punctatis, al- 

 ternis aureo-cupreo micantibus, margine viridi-cupreo splen- 

 dente; subtus niger; antennarum basi, palpis, ore et pedibus 

 testaceis. *• 



Long. 7J lin., lat. 3 lin. 



This beautiful insect, when in good preservation, is readily 

 recognized by the alternate interstices shining with a metallic 

 lustre. It, however, sometimes arrives in a rubbed or greasy 

 state, when the metallic lustre is almost entirely eflPaced from 

 the interstices. 



EccoPTOMENUs, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1850, No. 2. p. 409. 



Hoplogenius, Laf. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (2 ser.) ix. p. 237. 

 Chlcenius, Bon. Dej. 



1. E. eximius, Dej. v. p. 612. 



Chlanius diaphanicoUis, mihi in his Ann. vol. 19. No. 114. tab. 13. 

 fig. 11. 



Capite seneo-virescenti, vix punctulato, mandibulis ferrugineis, 

 labro et clypeo, palpis et primis duobus articulis antennarum 

 testaceis ; thorace parum circulari, antice emarginato, postice 

 truncato,pubescenti, confertissime leviter punctato, ferrugineo- 

 flavo, postice et in medio fuscescenti; lateribus reflexis ut 

 in Agono, translucentibus ; elytris latis, subdepressis, leviter 

 punctato-striatis, obscure nigris, cum margine, macula hume- 

 rali, macula transversa fere ad medium, et macula communi 

 cordiformi ad apicem positis, omnibus junctis ad lineam mar- 

 ginalem, ferrugineo-flavis ; interstitiis non punctatis sed leviter 

 et irregulariter transverse aciculatis; subtus niger, cyaneo- 

 iridescens ; prosterno lateribus testaceis ; pedibus testaceis. 



Long. 8 lin., lat. 3J lin. 



I had figured this species under the name Chlcenius diaphani- 

 GoUis in the yiate above referred to which, aceompauied a pre* 



