228 NIGIDIUS. 



NOTE XLVII. 



ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL 



DISTRIBUTION OF SOME LITTLE-KNOWN 



AFRICAN SPECIES OF NIGIDIUS. 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT van de POLL. 



1. Nigidius amplicollis Qued. (Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. XXVIII 

 (1884) p. 260), first recorded from the Quango (v. Mechow) 

 proves to be a widely distributed species. I have specimens 

 from the Upper Zambesi and from the N'Guru mountains 

 (Zanzibar). 



2. Nigidius laevigatus Har. (Mittheil. d. Münch. Ent. Ver. 

 II (1878) p. 100 & Coleopt. Hefte XVI (1879) p. 31) 1 ), 

 originally described from a specimen captured by Dr. Pogge 

 in the interior of tropical Africa (Lunda-land) , then re- 

 corded by Quedenfeldt from the Quango , extends its range 

 also towards the East-Coast , ray specimen being from Lake 

 Nyassa. 



3. Nigidius dentifer Alb. (Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. XXVIII 

 (1884) p. 16), has been described from Cen tral- Africa , 

 without indication of its more peculiar habitat. A specimen 

 in my cabinet was taken at Old Calabar. 



1) Von Harold provisionally published short latin diagnoses and afterwards 

 in the „Coleopterologische Hefte" full descriptions. One of both citations, 

 I found generally overlooked. Quedenfeldt only quotes the description of 

 N. laevigatus Har. with a wrong page. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XI. 



