30 Orper—COLEOPTERA. Sectiox—PENTAMERA. 
each side of the pygidium with an irregular spot; the metasternum has also a large irregular white blotch on 
each side. Such specimens from Motito are in the collection of Count Mniszech. Specimens from Damara Land 
in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq., are similarly marked above ; but there is only a very small white spot 
on each side of the metasternum, and a very minute one on each side of the fourth segment of the abdomen beneath. 
Species 3 (48)—SPILOPHORUS LUGUBRIS. 
‘Glabra, atra, elytris macula laterali anoque albis. Clypeo integro, abdomine utrinque macula lineaque 
punctorum albis. ; 
‘Un peu plus grande que la Cétonie versicolor; les élytres ont des points enfoneés ; le sternum n’est presque 
pas avancé.’ 
Habitat ; Cape of Good Hope. Mus. Dom. Banks. 
Syn.: Cetonia lugubris. Fabr. Ent. Syst. I. ii. 152; Syst. Eleuth. ii. p. 158; Syst. Ent. i. App. p. 819 ; Olivier, Ent. 
i. 6. pl. 44, pl. VIL fig. 60 ; Schénherr, Syn. Ent. iii. 142 ; Schaum, Germar Zeitschr. ili. 270 (Ceenoch. 1.) 
The typical specimen of this insect is still preserved in the Banksian Collection at the British Museum, 
The hind part of the head above has an irregular white mark; the apex of the elytra are scarcely marked with 
white ; the sides of the metasternum have an irregular white mark, and the abdominal segments have on each 
side a row of spiracle-like white dots. I consider it most probably a rubbed specimen of Sp. plagosus. 
Species 4 (49)—SPILOPHORUS AURIFER. 
Prate IX, Fie. 5. 
Niger nitidissimus ; supra lateribus pronoti et elytrorum guttis aureo-cretaceis numerosis indutis; capite 
mediocri supra convexo ; clypeo, antice viso, emarginato, et in medio parum elevato, mandibularum parte externa 
apice obtuso ; vertice e clypeo linea transversa separato ; supra linea centrali longitudinale, marginibusque latera- 
libus elevatis ; antennarum clava piceo-rufa ; pronoti dorso levi fere impunctato, lateribus punctatissimis ; elytris 
elaberrimis regione suturale depressa, disco medio longitudinaliter at paullo irregulariter elevato ; punctis paucis 
magnis oblongo-cicatricosis (versus latera multo frequentioribus) notato, spiraculis 2 posticis conicis obtusis. 
Long. corp. lin. 7. 
Habitat; Guinea. In Mus. Reg. Hafniz (olim D. Westermann). 
Syy.: Hoplostomus aurifer. Westw. MS. olim; Schaum, Verz. Lam. Melit. p. 62. 
The hind part of the clypeus is separated from the crown of the head by a transverse line, and the latter has 
a raised central line, the lateral margins being also elevated. The pronotum is slightly margined, and very 
thickly punctured at the sides, the dise being nearly destitute of punctures. The legs are punctured, as well as 
the pygidium, which has a slight longitudinal carina. The body beneath is black and glossy, the middle of the 
metasternum smooth, with the sides punctured and irregularly covered with luteous patches; the abdomen is 
more sparingly punctured all over, the second segment has a small oval-oblong central impression, and is 
marked, as well as the three following segments, on each side, with a pale transverse irregular patch. The 
prosternal point is very short, but distinct. The head is represented laterally in pl. IX, fig. 5, which exhibits 
the thickened and truncated extremity of the mentum, clothed with seta. The maxilla is represented in fig. 5 4, 
and is identical in structure with that of C. plagosus, fig. 6a. The mentum (fig. 5c), however, is more regularly 
oblong, with the sides nearly parallel, and the anterior portion more prominent and swollen. The anterior tibie 
are acutely bidentate, and the tarsi 5-jointed (fig. 5 /) and short. 
The unique specimen of this elegant species is now preserved, with the remainder of the Westermann 
collection, in the Royal Museum of Copenhagen, to which it was bequeathed by its late possessor, by whom it 
had previously been kindly forwarded to me for description and representation in the present Monograph. 
Genus 16—TROGODES. 
(Westw. MS; Schaum, Verz. Lam. Melit. 1845, p. 64.) 
Corpus obscurum late obovatum depressum. Caput parvum, antice declive; clypei margine antico parum 
elevato et in medio tenue angulato. Antenne articulo basali parvo. Maxille elongate galea curvata apice 
acuto integro; mandonis dente apicali tridentato dentibus inequalibus (pl. XI, fig. 12). Mentum (fig. 14, 1), 
