AFRICAN CARABIDAE. 201 



NOTE XXXIX. 



NEW SPECIES OF AFRICAN COLEOPTERA (CARABIM) 

 IN THE LEYDEN MUSEUM. 



H. W. BATES, 



F. R. S., F. L. S. 



The following are descriptions of' what appear to be 

 new species (including one new genus) in a collection of 

 African Carabidas submitted to me by Mr. C. Ritsema for 

 examination. 



C a s no nia cribriceps, nov. spec. 



C. natalensi (Chaud.j subsimilis , sed differt , inter alia , 

 capite post oculos semi-ovato , lateribus rotundatis. Piceo- 

 nigra vix senescens, antennis articulis 1 — 4 (cseteris rufo- 

 piceis), femoribus basi, tibiis medio et tarsis elytrisque prope 

 apicem utrinque macula bene delimitata , fulvo-testaceis : 

 capite ovato , supra cum thorace toto et pectore crebre 

 punctato, collo constricto, occipite lateribus laevibus: tho- 

 race sicut in C. natalensi brevi , graciliter ovato : elytris 

 grosse punctato-striatis , sat convexis sed versus basin 

 transversim depressis. Mandibulae graciles, rufae, palpi 

 nigropicei rufomaculati. — Long. 6V 2 millim. 



Junk River, Liberia (Stampfli). — One example. 



L eb i a (A s t a t a) h u m p at en s i s , nov. spec. 



A L. tefragramma (Chaud.) differt thorace dense vermi- 

 culato-rugoso elytrorumque macula anteriori usque ad basin 

 extensa, etc. Nigro-fusca, pectore, partibus oris, antennis 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XI. 



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