Zoohytcal Societij. .S95 



terne crassiore, duobus proxirais brevibus, 7 sequentil)us gradatim 

 incresceiitibus et fer6 trigonis, ultimo autem ovale, apice parum 

 minori. Palpi baud securiformes. Caput impressum, maxillis 

 obtusis unidentatis. Thorax lateribus carinatis, angulis posticis 

 subspinosis, anticis subrotundatis. Elytra thorace quintuplo lon- 

 giora, sulcata et rugosa, lateribus elevatis. 

 T'ht/llophorus gigas. Elater gigas. Fab., Syst. Eleut. 



Genus Tetralohus, Serville. 

 Tetralobus flabelUcornis. Elater flabellicornis. Fab. 

 Tetralohus cinereus. Gory, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, torn. i. 

 p. 220. pi. 4. fig. 1. 



Tetralobus Goryi. Tetr. Mas, fvsco-cinereus, capite fere qtia- 

 drato, a/itice snbexcavato, angulis anterioribus rottmdatis. Thorax 

 marginatus, valde convexus, ad scutellum elevatus, utrinque de- 

 pressus, angulis posticis oblique acutis. Elytra thorace triplo 

 longiora, postice rofundata, lineis elevatis parum distinctis, tomen- 

 tosa. Corpus infra piceo-cinereum, pectore pubescenti. Pedes 

 tomentosi,femoribus cotnpressis, tibiis subarcuatis, tarsisque flavo- 

 membratiaceis. Annuli abdominis utrinque foveolati. Long. corp. 

 18^ lin. ; lat. 5^ lin. 

 Hab. forsitan in Africa. 



Foemina difFert, long. 21 lin., lat. 6 lin. ; antennis serratis, arti- 



culo ultimo tribus antecedentibus eequali, subacute, abdomine 



multo convexiore. 



A small variety of the above species exists in the rich cabinet of 



M. Dupont at Paris, and has been named by him T. Sennarius. It 



measures twenty lines in length, and differs also in the colour of its 



pubescence. 



Tetralobus Duponti. Tetr. nigro-cinereus, capite fere quadrato, 

 antice excavato, tomentoso, angulis anticis rotundatis. Thorax 

 convexus, subtilissime punctulatus hand foveis binis in medio im- 

 pressus. Elytra thorace triplo longiora, ad suturam subacuminata, 

 lineis vix distinctis. Corpus infra piceum, tomentosum, binis ulti- 

 mis annulis foveis, utrinque fortiter impressis. Pedes, femoribus^ 

 tibiisque compressis. Long. corp. 28 lin. ; lat. 9 lin. 

 In Musseo Dom. Dupont. 



It is probable that the above species is from Africa. It U'as re- 

 ceived by M. Dupont (in whose honour it is named) from a foreign 

 traveller, who is lately dead. No locality is mentioned. The an- 

 tennae are imperfect. 



Tetralobus Savagei. Tetr. totum corpus suprci fusco-brunfiemn, 



aurantiisque capillis obsitum. Caput fere quadratmn angulis anticis 



rotundatis, antice excavatum. Thorax convexus, angulis posticis 



acutis. Elytra thorace duplo longiora, auratdque pubcscentid tecta. 



Corpus infrh abdomine piceo, pectore aurantiis capillis longis ob- 



sito, femoribus tibiis piceis tarsisque infra uuricomatis. Long. 



corp. 13 lin. ; lat. 4 lin. 



The above species I have much satisfaction in naming after an 



American clergyman, the Rev. T. S. Savage. His zeal in the col' 



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