THE ANNALS 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[NINTH SERIES.] 

 No. 32. AUGUST 19: 



(AUG 1 9 m 



XXIII. — Notes on various African and Asiatic Species of 

 Hapalochrus, Er., with an Account of their accessory 

 $ -characters [Coleoptera]. By G. C. Champion, F.Z.S. 



[Plate VIII.*] 



This paper contains notes on all the African and Asiatic species 

 of the Melyrid-genus Hapalochrus represented in the British 

 Museum in London and in the Congo Museum at Tervueren, 

 supplemented by a few others lent me by Dr. Sjostedt (in- 

 cluding types of Bourgeois), Dr. Gestro, Dr. Peringuey, and 

 Prof. Poulton. The material from the Belgian Congo, kindly 

 communicated by M. Schouteden, consists of upwards of 

 3000 examples (including various types of Pic and specimens 

 named by him), and that belonging to the British Museum 

 (including types of Murray and Gorham) is from various 

 parts of Africa — mainly from the vicinity of the Great 

 Lakes and Uganda, collected by Dr. Neave, and a very 

 interesting paired series of numerous species obtained by 

 the late H. C. Dollman in N. Rhodesia, — India, the Malayan 

 Region, and Arabia. 



The identification of some of the named Hapatochri from 

 description alone has proved to be impossible in many cases 

 when the ? only was known to the author, or when the 



* [The Plate will be published with the concluding part of the article.] 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. vi. 12 



