S06 Mr. Baly on new Crioceridas. 



f ulvo ; tliorace transverse, sub-cylindrico, lateribus medio sat 

 profunde angulato-constrictis, disco impunctato, ante basin 

 profunda transversim sulcato, medio utriuque leviter ti-ausversim 

 impresso ; elytris oblongis, iitrisque sordide fulvo limbatis, 

 fortiter pnnctato-striatis, interstitiis plauis, ad apicem leviter 

 convexiuscnlis. Long. 2^ lin. 



Var. A. Thorace pedibusque sordide fulvis. 



Hub. Banks of the Niger, my collection ; Var. A. Senegal, 

 collection of Mr. M. Jacoby. 



Lower portion of bead clothed witli golden-sericeous hairs ; 

 eyes deeply emarginate ; antennae rather more than half the 

 length of the body, black, the basal joint obscure fulvous, the 

 following three piceous. Thorax about one-fifth broader than 

 long ; sides broadly and deeply constricted, the constriction 

 extending the whole length of the sides, its angulate apex being- 

 placed exactly in the centre of the latter ; disc impressed 

 immediately behind the middle, with a deep transverse sulcation, 

 and on either side in front of the latter Avith a faintly impressed 

 tranverse groove. Elytra much broader than the thorax, 

 oblong, parallel ; convex, slightly excavated below the basilar 

 space, strongly punctate- striate, the interspaces plane, faintly 

 convex at the apex. 



Lema ornatula. 



Anguste oblonga, sub-cylindrica, nigra, nitida, capite thorace- 

 que piceo-testaceis, antcnnis extrorsum nigris, pedibus thoracis- 

 que basi flavis ; thorace sub-globoso, ante basin constricto, disci 

 medio et ad latera fortiter punctato ; elytris fortiter punctato- 

 striatis, intei'spatiis convexis ; nigro-piceis, utrisque vitta lata 

 irregulari, a basi fere ad aj)icem extensa, flava ornatis. Long. 

 H lin. 



Hab. West Coast of Afi-ica, 



Head trigonate, vertex shining, impunctate ; antennse rather 

 more than half the length of the body, distinctly thickened from 

 the fifth to the eighth joints, thence very shghtly attenuated 

 to the apex, seven lower joints pale piceous, the rest black. 

 Thorax scarcely longer than broad, deeply constricted at the 

 base, a broad longitudinal space on the middle disc together 

 Avith the sides coarsely and deeply punctured. Elytra much 

 broader than the thorax, slightly attenuated to Avar ds the a2)ex, 

 convex, slightly excavated transversely beloAV the basilar sjiace, 

 dee2)ly punctate-striate, the intersj^aces thickened, sub-costate. 



