COIiEOPTfiRA. 



Fam. I. Carabici. 



1. Manticora latipennis: nigro-picea, sub-nitidaj capile 

 magno; fronte oblique impressa; prothorace antice et 

 lateribus irregulariter punctato; elytris latis, parce 

 pilosis, aut modice convexis (q^) aut subplanis (?), 

 antice remote, siibtibter, postice evidenter, crebrius 

 granulatis. Long. 41, lat. cr^ 19 ? 21 millim. 



Manticora latipennis Waterh. Mag. of Nat. Hist. New. Ser. I. p. 

 503. — Hope The Coleopt. Man. Part. II. p. 158. 1. cum 

 fig. 

 Habitat in Caffraiia interiore, rarius. 

 Variat interdum capite supra prothoraceque ferru- 

 gineis, elytris rufo-piceis. 



2. Manticora maxillosa: nigra, sub-nitida; capite sat 

 magnoj fronte postice late transversim, antice utrin- 

 que oblique inipressaj prothorace antice et lateribus 

 irregulariter punctate, elytris sub-cordatis, parum 

 convexis, parce pilosis, dorso antico subtiliter, late- 

 ribus et postice evidenter, crebrius granulatis. Long. 

 36, lat. 16 millim. 



Manticora maxillosa Schh. Syn. Ins. I. p. 166. 1. — Dej. Spec. 

 Gen. des Col. I. p. 5. 1. 



Habitat rarius in Caffraria meridionali. 



3. Manticora tibialis: angustior, nigra', sub-nitida; an- 

 tennis basi testaceo-variegatis; fronte postice late, trans- 

 versim, antice utrinque oblique impressaj prothorace 

 dorso parcius irregulariter punctatoj elytris parum 

 convexis, parce-pilosis, dorso antico subtiliter, postice 

 evidenter, crebrius granulatis j tibiis articulisque tar- 



