38 EPISCAPHULA. 



Episcaphula senegalensis. 



Engis senegalensls, Lap. Hist. Kat. ii. 1 5. 

 Einscapha interrtqyfa, Lac. Erot. 57. 



ipidea, Thorns. Arch. Ent. ii. 235. 



Natal. 



Episcaphula repanda, 



Enrjls repanda, KJug, Ermmis Relse, Nat. Atl 32. T. xv. f. 4. 

 Eplscapha — , Lac. Erot. 56. 

 Senegal, Natal. 



I liave seen specimens marked "India," but evidently in error. 

 The prosternum is compressed, the process broad, margined, 

 obtriaiigular. 



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Episcaphnla Mouattii. 



E:plscai)ha MoiiaftU, Guer. R. Z. (1841) 159. 



, Lac. Erot. 54. 



Madagascar. 



Prosternum not compressed, process broad, margined ; ventral 

 segments punctate, pul^escent. 



Episcaplmla rectesignata, sp. n. 



E. ohliquatoi valde affinis, antennis articulo 8'' paulo dilatato, 

 tliorace lateribus magis rotundatis, elytrisque fascia basali recta, 

 transversa, apicali suboblicpia, facile distinguenda. L. 7.^ Hi^. 



Africa. 



Episcaplmla tricliroa, sp. n,"^ 



Oblonga, nigra, nitida, capite thoraceque confertim punctatis, 

 hoc lateribus marginatis; elyti'is distincte serie-punctatis, interval- 

 lis punctatis, singulo fisciis 2 fulvis, apiceque rufo (I basali antice 

 valde dentata, 1 valde ai'cuata ante apicem). L. G lin. 



Old Calabar (Murray). 



Yentral segments punctate, pubescent in the middle; proster- 

 num cariiiate, the intercoxal process broad, subquadrate^ margined, 

 slightly emarginate. 



Episcapliula obliquata. 



Eplscapha, ohUqtiata, Ijac. Erot. GO. 

 Senegal, Gaboon, Old Calabar. 



Episcaphnla Savagii, sp. n. 



Nigra, sul)opaca, sparse punctata; tliorace subtransvcrso, lateri- 

 bus crasse marginatis, basi utrinquc foveolato; ely tris obsolctissime 



