1874.] 2G1 



NEW SPECIES OF CICINDELID^. 

 BY H. W. BATES, F.L.S., &c. 



Althoiigli upwai'ds of 800 described species o£ this elegant family- 

 are recorded iu the Catalogue of Gemminger and von Harold, we are 

 still far from knowing all the existing forms, as the following descrip- 

 tions will testify. 



MeGACEPHALA EXCELSA, Sp. 11. 



JSIaxime elongata, ^ parallelopipeda, obscure cenea, viridi-tincta ; 

 lahi'o, manJihuIis (cipice nigris), pialpis, pedibusque fulvo-testaceis, 

 femoribus apice nigris ; tliorace ah angulis anticis gradatim, vix rotun- 

 datim, angusfafo, piostice constricto ; elytris grosse scabroso-ptinctatis, 

 interstitiis versus basin granulatis. Long, 13 Jin. ^ $ . 



Similar in colour to M. senegalensis, but much narrower and more 

 cylindrical in form ; the elytra in the male being quite cylindrical and 

 in the female very elongate-oval, with much coarser sculpture and 

 destitute of minute granulations. The thorax differs also in not 

 being distinctly rounded in the middle of the sides ; the lateral rim 

 is not indented at the ends of the anterior groove. It agrees with 

 M. regalis in the black tips of the inner side of the middle and pos- 

 terior femora, but differs wholly from that species in general form 

 and in the sculpture of the elytra, which is much less dense, with 

 fewer raised granulae, and becoming fainter towards the apex. 



Elbe, near Mombas, East Africa. Taken by the Eev. Mr. 

 Wakefield. 



Teteacha fuligikosa, sp. n. 



Angusta, elongata, fusco-nigra, sitbtus et ad latera vix viridi-aeneo 



tincfa, supra sericeo subopaca ; elytris passivi discrete punctatis vix 



granulatis, apice uti'inqite vitfula flaca ; untennis, labro, mandibulis 



{aj}ice nigris), palpis, abdominis apice, pedibusque Jlavis, femoribus apice 



fuscis. Long. G — 7 lin. ^ ? . 



Closely allied to T. angustata, Chevr., but smaller and blacker, 

 and differing iu the sculpture of the elytra, which consists of rather 

 large, mostly distinct punctures, diminishing towards the apex, and 

 having but slight traces of raised granulse. The apical yellow streak 

 is narrower, and tapers anteriorly instead of being broadly rounded. 

 The basal joints of the antenna3 are tipped with black. The thorax 

 is narrowed from the anterior angles, with scarcely any rounding, and 

 is constricted at the base. The elytra have the elongate, parallel 

 form of T. angustata, violacea, &c. 



Chontales, Nicaragua ; two examples (Thos. Belt, Esq.). 



