100 Mr. A. Murray on Coleoptera from Old Calabar. 
of scutellum. Scutellum rounded at the base, wedge-shaped 
at the apex. LElytra convex, subcylindrical, subparallel, a 
very little dilated about the middle, very thickly and finely 
punctate, without strie, but with some obsolete traces of ner- 
vures near the base; sides with a slight bent keel at the base, 
the sutural angle at the apex rounded. Underside of pro- 
thorax much more coarsely, but not nearly so closely punctate 
as the upper surface, the spine with a slight appearance of 
keel on each side near the base; the mesosternum and meta- 
sternum clothed with rather long fulvous hair; the abdomen 
with fine down only, as on the upperside. The posterior 
haunches are of nearly equal breadth throughout, with a trans- 
verse depression of no great depth; the free margin at the 
inner end slightly notched, but very slightly, if at all, toothed. 
Only one specimen received. It is most nearly allied to 7’. 
punctatus from Senaar, both having the thorax very much 
punctate; but its shape is different, and the elytra in this 
species are not nearly so much costate as In punctatus. 
ALAus, Esch. 
Alaus Candézet. 
Niger, squamulis cinereis cervinis fuscisque marmoratus ; an- 
tennis haud longitudinem thoracis eequantibus, fuscis, articulis 
primis tribus nitidis et pubescentibus, ceteris opacis et velu- 
tinis, valde serratis ; prothorace latitudine longiore, lateribus 
parum depressis, sinuato, parallelo, angulis posticis divari- 
catis, carinatis, apice retrorsum flexis ; elytris pone humeros 
et postice depressis, antice fortiter punctato-striatis, versus 
apicem punctis levioribus instructis, apice subemarginato, 
angulis externis rotundatis, suturalibus submucronatis ; 
subtus pube magis concolori vestito; mesosterno et meta- 
sterno pilosis; abdomine segmentorum marginibus extus 
subdenticulatis. — 
Long. 14 lin., lat. 44 lin. 
Black, densely clothed with ashy and fawn-coloured scales, 
marbled and peppered with brown. Antenne very strongly 
serrate, brown, the first three articles shining and pubescent, the 
remainder opaque and velvety. Head concave in front. Pro- 
thorax longer than broad, disk most convex behind the middle, 
with the sides subparallel, sinuate, and somewhat depressed ; 
anterior margin bisinuate ; posterior angles diverging, keeled, 
their apex slightly incurved. Scutellum sloping more in front 
than behind, obovate. Elytra depressed towards the apex and 
behind the shoulders, punctate-striate, the punctures distinctly 
apart from each other, deepest outside the shoulder, less deep 
