78 HISPODONTA. 



Major Parry's insect differs from the tji^e in the slight variation 

 of colouring pointed out abo\-e, and in being also rather larger ; but 

 in form and sculpturing it agrees perfectly. 



4. Cryptonychus bipunctatus, n. sp. 



C. elongatus, subconvexus, dorso complanatus, fulvus ; oculis, an- 

 tennis (articulo basali excepto), tarsis elytrorumque macula, nigris. 

 Long. 7^ Un. 



C. elongate, rather broader than the other species, subconvex, flat- 

 tened above, pale fulvous ; antennte (basal joint excepted), eyes, a 

 large roimd spot on each elytron, and the tarsi black ; vertex 

 smooth, impunctate, frontal horn truncate, deeply channeled 

 above. Thorax scarcely half as broad again as long ; sides inar- 

 gined, nearly straight behind, roimded and narrowed towards the 

 apex, anterior and posterior angles armed with a small subacute 

 tooth ; siuiace subconvex, shining, impressed mth a few distant 

 punctures ; at the base is a deep transverse fossa. Scutellum ovate, 

 its apex subacute. Elytra rather broader than the thorax, more 

 than fom- times its length ; sides nearly parallel, very slightly di- 

 lated below their middle, thence rounded to the apex, sutural angle 

 armed with a minute tooth ; above flattened along the middle, sub- 

 convex on the sides ; surface shining, deeply punctate-striate, in- 

 terstices impunctate ; just below the middle of each elytron is a 

 large round black spot. Beneath smooth and shining ; last seg- 

 ment of abdomen bituberculate ; tarsi black. 



Hah. Old Calabar. 



Collections of A. Murray, Esq., and M, Chevi'olat. 



Genus XIX. HISPODONTA. Details, Tab. II. Fio. 1. 



Antennce (fig. 1 a) rigida:^, apicc attenuata}, articulo primo oblongo, 

 incrassato, apice compresso, seciuido bre^i, ceteris cyHndricis, 

 tertio elongato, id.timo compresso, obtuso. 



Lahrum (fig. 1 h) antice incrassatum, declive, medio paullo pro- 

 ductum, dentatum. 



Mandihulcf. (fig. 1 c) elongato-ti'igona;, dcntatse, apice acutae. 



Palpi mamUares (fig. 1 d) articido primo parvo, secundo subclavato, 

 basi attenuato, tertio illo bre^'iori, subclavato, ultimo ovato, 

 paidlo compresso ; lahhdes (fig. 1 e) articido primo i)an'o, duobus 

 segmcntis subcompressis, aequalibus, lLIo subclavato, hoc ovato. 



Menium (fig. 1/) transversum, antice late angiilato-emarginatum ; 

 Ufjula (fig. 1 g) oblonga, basi angulata, apice subspathulata. 



Caput (fig. 1 h) antrorsum inter oculos productum, truncatum, tu- 

 berculis duobus (his antennae articulatae simt), creta elevata 

 spinseformi divisis, instructum ; ocidh ovatis, postice truncatis. 



Thorax subconicus. 



