478 CATALOGUE OF 



Africa. 



2. CyCLOPELTA FUNEBEIS, C. H. 347. 

 Uiuidor fuuebris, Stal, Hem. Afr. i. 312. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. W. F. Morgan. 



b. Sierra Leone. Presented by T. Whitfield, Esq. 



c — e. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxciofi's collection. 



f. Ashantef. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society's collection. 



g — i. Gambia. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



j. Gambia. 



k. Old Calabar. From Mr. John Gray's collection. 



/, m. West Africa. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



3. CVCLOPELTA TEISTIS. 



Dinidor tristis, Stal^ Hem. Afr. i. 312 — funebris var. ? 



Calabar, 



4. Cyclopelta nigeoviolacea, C. H. 347. 



a — c. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 (/. West Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 e. West Africa. From Major Parrv's collection. 

 /. West Africa. From Mr. Eraser's collection. 

 (/. Angola. Presented by J. J. Monteiro, Esq. 

 h. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



5. Cyclopelta doesalis. 



Alra, lata, dense el subtilissime punctata, sublux viridi-nigra ; thorax el 

 scutellum transverse subrugulosa ; abdomen cganeum ; tarsi sublus 

 ferruginei ; alee posticcB nigrce, margine postico cganeo. 



Deep black, broad, thickly and extremely minutely punctured, greenish 

 black beneath. Eyes and rostrum piceous. Antenna not longer than the 

 thorax ; second joint much longer than the third ; fourth longer than the 

 second. Thorax and scutellum transversely and indistinctly rugulose. 

 Abdomen above deep blue. Tarsi ferruginous beneath. Membrane of the 

 fore wings blackish. Hind wings black, tinged with blue along the outer 

 border. Length of the body 7 lines. 



Somewhat broader than C. funebris. 



a, b. West Africa. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



6. Cyclopelta vilis. 



Nigra, conferlissime et subtilissime punctata, subtus (eneo-nigra; thorax 

 plagis duubus glabris transversis anlemediis ; scutellum transverse 

 substriatum ; coxce picece ; alee anticce picece, membrana cinerea basi 

 ferruginea. 



Black, teneous-black beneath. Head, thorax and scutellum very 

 thickly and minutely punctured. Rostrum piceous. Second joint of the 

 antennae shorter than the third. Thorax with a transverse smooth patch in 

 the disk on each side before the middle. Scutellum transversely and very 



