320 Mr. A. Murray on Coteoptera from Old Calabar. 



base so as to form a narrow short peduncle. Elytra long, 

 broader at the base than the thorax, nearly parallel, and 

 rounded behind. Wings ample. Legs moderate ; the posterior 

 thighs not reaching nearly to the end of the elytra ; the tibiae 

 are grooved, rather large ; tarsi with the first article invisible, 

 except under the lens and when viewed laterally or from below, 

 when it can be discerned as a small plate below and alongside 

 the lower and basal part of the first apparent (the second) 

 article; this second article is rather long, the third is shorter, 

 and the fourth short; the claws are appendiculate, and not 

 dentate, but with a slight prominence at the base. The abdo- 

 men has five segments, besides the anal projection. 



Thanasimodes metallicus. Fig. 2. 3 



Nitidissimus, sparsim pilosus, supra viridi- ^--^'^''^f^^""--—^ 



metallicus, subtus viridi-cyaneus ; abdo- 



mine versus apiceni et femoribus la^te 



rufis ; thorace levissime et parce punctato ; 



elytris striato-punctatis, striis versus api- < 



cem evanescentibus. 

 Long. 11 lin., lat. 3| lin. ^^ 



Very bright and shining clear metallic green above, and 

 bearing scattered long fine fulvous hairs ; below blue or greenish 

 blue, with the anal appendage and last segment of the abdomen 

 of a bright red, which extends along the external margin of one 

 or more of the preceding segments; there is also a tinge of red 

 on the margin of each of the segments and on the metathoracic 

 parapleurse ; the femora, with the exception of the tip and the 

 base, are of the same red colour, although not so bright. An- 

 tennse, labrum, maxillae, palpi, and tarsi brown; mandibles 

 black. Head rounded, very smooth, with a few faint punctures 

 and fine fulvous hairs on the surface, and a few wrinkles 

 above the eyes. Thorax convex, vei*y smooth and shining, with 

 a slight trace of a transverse depression near the front, with a 

 few faint punctures and fine hairs scattered over the surface ; 

 the sides subparallel, the angles rounded, the base constricted, 

 the constriction or peduncle wrinkled. Scutellum impunctate, 

 subtriangular, with the apex rounded. Elytra three times the 

 length of the thorax, punctate-striate, the strise deeper towards 

 the base, and disappearing on the posterior half, or only to be 

 traced in very faint distant punctures and hairs ; shoulders dis- 

 tinct, sides inflexed and margined. The underside is shining, 

 finely punctate; the segments of the abdomen more deeply and 

 distinctly (but still very sparingly) punctate. The legs are more 

 pilose than the body, and the lamellse of the tarsi are fulvous. 



One specimen. 



