202 AFRICAN CARAB1DAK. 



et epipleuris testaceo-rufis , thorace margine laterali elytris- 

 que utrinque maculis duabus aurantiacis: capite sat grosse 

 et dense punctate-, media fronte laevi, juxta oculos strigoso : 

 thoracis lobo basali quam in L. tetragramma paullo longiori 

 (lateribus parallelis) , lateribus sat late explanato-reflexis : 

 elytris profundius exarato-puntato-striatis , interstitiis con- 

 vexis sparsim punctulatis, apice fiexuoso-truncatis angulo 

 suturali subrotundato , utrinque macula magna oblonga in- 

 terstitia 4 — 7 tegentia apud interstitia 5.7 solum basi at- 

 tingenti, alteraque minori subapicali juxta suturam , auran- 

 tiaco flavis. — Long. S^/., millim. 



Humpata (Veth & van der Keilen). — One example. 



The species is very distinct from the widely distributed 

 L. (Astata) tetragramma and is distinguished not only by 

 the different shape and position of the anterior spot of the 

 elytra , but by the narrower thorax , much more coarsely 

 vermiculate-rugose on the surface and black with rather 

 well defined reddish-yellow lateral borders, and by the 

 more strongly striated elytra. 



Judging from a single example from Lagos which I have 

 compared , the L. bisbinotata (Murray) differs from the L. 

 tetragramma of Natal only in the external angles of the 

 elytra being more produced and acute. 



An t hia o o p t e r a , nov. spec. 



A. omostigma (Chaud.) multo brevior ; elytris sat breviter 

 ovatis valde convexis. Nigra parum nitida, thorace imma- 

 culato , elytris valde convexis elongato-ovatis , interstitiisque 

 valde convexis , margine lata humeros attingeuti maculaque 

 humerali contigua (apud interstitia 6 — 7) albo-pubescentibus. 

 — Long. 35 millim. tf. 



Mossamedes (Sala). 



A single male example, of minor development. The head 

 has only a few minute punctures and the thorax has precisely 

 the same form as in corresponding individuals of A. omostigma ; 

 but the elytra are much more convex and shorter with the 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XI. 



