Mr. A. Murray on Coleoptera from Old Calabar. 321 



This is one of the largest and perhaps the finest of the 

 Clerida. 



Malacodermata. 

 Hedybius, Erich. 

 Hedi/bius cceruletis. 

 Supra Isete cseruleus, antennis palUdis, articulo prirao et articulis 

 duobus ultimis luridis ; subtus et pedibus nigris ; nitidus ; 

 capite laevi, antice utrinque impresso ; thorace quam caput 

 angustiore, subrotundato, Isevi, versus latera et postice late 

 marginato, antice leviter transversim impresso, disco modice 

 convexo ; elytris postice quam antice parum latioribus, for- 

 titer et dense granulatim punctatis. 

 Long. 2^ lin., lat. f-l lin. 



Above rich deep cferulean blue; the underside and the legs 

 black; antennae pallid testaceous, with the first and the last 

 two articles lurid or piceous. Head smooth, longitudinally bi- 

 impressed in front. Thorax narrower than the head, rounded 

 or, rather, octagonal or hexagonal in shape, with all the corners 

 rounded off, smooth, shining, and impunctate; the disk mode- 

 rately convex, slightly depressed in front and surrounded on the 

 sides and base with a broad deep channel. Scutellum distinct. 

 Elytra broader behind than in front, deeply, coarsely, and 

 closely granulosely and irregularly punctate, the punctation not 

 so deep towards the base and in the neighbourhood of the scu- 

 tellum and shoulders ; the space near the scutellum depressed ; 

 the shoulders prominent; a distinct line near the suture and 

 along the outer margin; apex rounded; the exsertile vesicles 

 on the underside of the thorax and abdomen distinct. 



Apparently pretty common. 



The genus to which this species belongs is the African repre- 

 sentative of Attains, which is not found in Africa proper, i. e. 

 south of the Sahara, being a European genus and only found 

 in Africa in the Mediterranean district. Erichson describes a 

 species of Attains from Tasmania, which, however, I have not 

 seen. 



Of this African genus there are upwards of a dozen species, 

 which have been described by Erichson, Boheman, &c., all from 

 the Cape, except one from Abyssinia. 



Lampyridae. 



LucioLA, Casteln. 



(Subgenus Delopyrus, Motsch.) 



Luciola bimyxata. 



Testaceo-fulva ; capite nigro ; prothorace testaceo, medio plus 

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