new genera and spea'e)< of CallicIiromincT. 417 



Narrower than 11. cyanelluf^, tliorax especially longer and 

 narrower, scattered with punctiires over the whole upper surface, 

 scape of antenna; shorter and much more coarsely rugosely 

 punctured. 



MOMBASIUS, n. gen. 



Gen. Proinecido (Fahr.) proxime affinis, differt epistomate a 

 fronte sutura impressa transversa separate; antennis scapo apice 

 extus acute spinoso, sulcis ab apice articuli 4ti tantum iu- 

 ci[)ientibus, articulo -Ito precedenti longiori, ambohus asperatis. 

 Femora omnia apice abrupte et fortiter clavata. Antenna? $ 

 setacea? 1 2-articulata; ; $ 1 1 -articulatfe ai'ticulis (!-ll incrassatis 

 sed non ut in Hiipocritc clavam formantibns. 



Moiuhasius j'nintaHfi. 



Pr. chalyheato (White) paulo brevior. Saturate cyaneus, 

 antennis pedibusque nitidis: epistomate transversim dej)resso a 

 fronte linea impressa transversa sepiirato: thorace medio dilatato 

 tumido, basi paulo constricto, dorso nitido, punctis vix impressis 

 consperso, base et apice transversim phcato: elylri? passim a;qua- 

 liter discrete punctatis: antennis scapo rugoso apice extus spinoso: 

 corpore subtus polito, lateribus maculatim criseo-seiiceo. Long. 

 5i-6ilin. ^, 9. ' 



liibe, near M()nil)asa, E. Africa (Rev. Thos. Wakefield). 



Kupi rii-< Uobasis. 



En. atrangulatit (Serv.) shnilis. Viridi-cyaneus nitidus, vcr- 

 tice, thoracis parte anteriori, elytrisque basi et apice violaceis: 

 thorace postice tantum grosse punctato: elytris sul^tilissime et 

 creberrime strigulosis, plaga magna basali glabra: anteuiiis pedi- 

 busque violaceis. Long. 9 lin. 



Sierra Leone and R. Ogowe. 



In the Sierra Leone specimen the smooth part of the base of 

 elytra extends across as a broad fascia; in the R. Ogowe example 

 it is interrupted at the stiture. 



Phro^jine pdrlfervs. 



Linearis, viridi-icneus ; occipite, tlioracis parte antica, anten- 

 nis, femorum clava, tibiis et tarsis posticis, licte violaceis: anten- 

 nis 9 qnnm in Pli. hrevicorni pauUo gracilioribns : thorace 



