414 Mr. Vigors on some new subjects of Zoology. 



taxation which that intelligent officer was enabled to command 

 amidst the duties of his profession ; and it affords an example of 

 how much can be effected by those, whose professional services 

 abroad afford them an opportunity of resorting to a similar em- 

 ployment of their leisure time : an employment, as conducive to 

 their own gratification and amusement, as to the benefit of 

 science. 



Ritchii. Leach's MSS. C. atra, elytris fascia media recurva 

 clavata abbreviate, apicali angustd, quatuorque punctis, 

 ultimo interjasciali) albis. 

 Tab. 15. f. 2. 



Caput rugis striatum. Labrum tridentatum, album. Mandibular 

 ad basin albida?. Palpi labiates articulis tribus primis albidis, 

 ultimo nigro. Thorax rugosus, marginibus pilis albidis hirsutis. 

 Elytra punctis impressa, fascia media literae S scriptae persimili. 

 Abdomen subtus nigrum, lateribus albide hirsutis, supra atro- 

 caeruleum, nitidum. Pedes atrocaerulei, metallici, pilis albidis 

 instruct! . 



Long. corp. |- 



Habitat in Africa Boreali. Mourzouk. 



In Mus. Britan. Dom. Mac Leay, Kirby, nost. 



This insect formed part of a collection sent home to the British 



Museum from the southern territories of Barbary, by the late Mr. 



Ritchie, who unfortunately for the cause of zoology, has been 



added to the number of the victims whom the love of science 



led to a premature death in the inhospitable regions of Africa. 



It has been since distributed among the principal cabinets of 



this country, from a collection formed in the same territories by 



Captain Lyon, R. N. the enterprizing companion of Mr. Ritchie. 



The specifick name justly attached to it in honour of its first 



observer, is found among the MSS. of Dr. Leach in the British 



Museum, but without any description of the insect. 



Lyon 1 1. C. atropurpurea, elytris margine later ali angusto, lunula 



humerali apicalique, fasciaque media recurva clavata vix 



interrupta, albis ; antennis nigris, tibiis airopurpureis. 



Tab. 15. f. 3. 



Caput rugosulum. Labrum albidum. Mandibular ad basin 



