Mr. A. Murray on Colcoptera from Old Calabar. 355 



tis ; frontc stria semicirculari integra ; pronoto striis tenuibus, 

 marginali integra, 2 lateralibus ad augulum anticum evanes- 

 ceutibus alterutra in medio redintegrata ; elytris striis didy- 

 mis, suturali, 5 dorsalibus subhumeraliquc interna integris, 

 externa abbreviata ; tibiis anticis tridentatis. 

 Long. 5 lin., lat. 3| lin. 



Hister, Linn. 



1. H. major, Linn., Mars., Ann. d. 1. Soc. Ent. d. France, 3 ser. 

 vol. ii. p. 173. 



Ovato-subquadratus, convexiusculus, niger, nitidus; fronte lata, 

 stria sinuata integra, labro inciso; pronoto fulvo longius 

 cincto, striis lateralibus integris pone oculos interruptis ; ely- 

 tris margin e inflexo bisulcato, subhumerali interna et 1-3 

 dorsalibus integris, ceteris brevibus seu obsoletis; pygidio 

 dense punctato ; prosterno lobo brevi acuminato ; tibiis anticis 

 3-dentatis, posticis tuberculato-longispinosis. 



Long. 7 lin., lat. 4 lin. 



2. H. Calabaricus, Mars., Ann. d. 1. Soc. Ent. d. France, 3 ser. 

 vol. v. p. 415. 



Ovalis, parum convexus, niger, nitidus, antennis pedibusque 

 brunneis ; fronte plana stria semicirculari subrecta, mandibulis 

 canaliculatis ; pronoto stria laterali externa brevi, interna 

 integra; elytris fossa subhumerali lsevi bisulcata, stria sub- 

 humerali interna ad humerum producta, 1-3 dorsalibus inte- 

 gris, 4-5 apicalibus, suturali dimidiata ; propygidio pygidio- 

 que basi parce punctatis, utrinque foveolatis; mesosterno 

 emarginato stria integra; tibiis anticis tridentatis, posticis 

 dense biseriatim spinosis. 



Long. 3i-2i lin., lat. 2|-lf lin. 



This species varies greatly in size, as may be seen from the 

 above dimensions. 



3. H. Loandce, Mars., Ann. d. 1. Soc. Ent. d. France, 3 ser. 

 vol. ii. p. 236. 



Oblongo-ovatus, subconvexus, niger, nitidus ; antennis pedibus- 

 que rufo-brunneis ; fronte impressa, stria retrorsum angulata ; 

 mandibulis bidentatis, canaliculatis ; pronoto stria laterali 

 interna haud interrupta, externa brevi ; elytris fovea marginali 

 1 -sulcata, striis dorsalibus 1-3 integris, 4 a interrupta, 5 a ab- 

 breviata, suturali dimidiata; propygidio bifoveolato pygidio- 

 que parce punctatis ; mesosterno recto, marginato ; tibiis 

 anticis tridentatis, posticis biseriatim multispinosis. 



Long. 2| lin., lat. 1| lin. 



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