THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[NINTH SERIES.] 

 No. 33. SEPTEMBER 1920. 



1920 



XXXII. — Notes on various African and Asiatic Species of 

 Hapaloclirus, Er. } with an Account of their accessory 

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



[Continued from p. 201.] 



[Plate VIII.*] 



25. Hapalochrus inchoatus, sp. n. 



d . Elongate, rather narrow, widened posteriorly, shining, 

 clothed with rather long pallid hairs ; cyaneous or violaceous, 

 rarely brassy or golden-green, the elytra often green, the 

 basal three or four joints of the antennae wholly or in part, 

 the anterior legs (the tarsi excepted), and the intermediate 

 femora at the base beneath or entirely, testaceous, the rest 

 of the antennae and legs black or metallic, the abdomen 

 flavescent and nigro-maculate. Head sparsely punetulate, 

 shining ; antennae long, rather stout, joints 2-10 almost 

 equal in width, much longer than broad. Prothorax broader 

 than long, sparsely punetulate laterally, smooth on the disc. 

 Elytra densely, rugulosely, and not very coarsely punctate. 

 Anterior trochanters toothed ; anterior femora (PI. VIII. 

 fig. 22) with a small tooth at the base ; anterior tibiae 

 dilated and obliquely excavate beyond the middle ; anterior 

 tarsal joint 2 prolonged over 3; intermediate femora ex- 

 cavate at the base beneath; intermediate tibiae (PI. VIII. 

 fig. 22 a) strongly incrassate, convex, subtriangular, excavate 

 at the apex within, and furnished with a long, sinuous, 



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

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