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DESCRIPTIONS 



NEW GENERA AND SPECIES. 



1. Manticora, Fabr. 



Sp. Latipennis, Waterhouse. — Inhabits Kurre- 

 chan in Africa. Long. lin. 211. lat. lin. 10. 



Atra, elytris subcordatis, latis, scabris. 



Upon comparing M. Latipennis with Maxillosa 

 the following differences may be observed. In 

 the former the head is larger, exceeding that of the 

 latter nearly one line in length, and about half a 

 line in breadth. It is also more sparingly punc- 

 tured on the upper parts, and so is likewise the 

 thorax. The elytra are much broader (having 

 the proportion of ten to eight), less convex, the 

 lateral margins are more distinctly recurved, and 

 the minute pointed tubercles (which are observed 

 on the elytra of both species) are not quite so dis- 

 tinct, nor do they extend so far inwards as in 

 M. maxillosa. The disc of the elytra is smooth, 

 rather glossy, and has a pitchy hue. Vid. Mag. of 

 Nat. Hist, new series, vol. i. 1837. The only re- 



