132 Mr. A. Murray on Coleoptera from Old Calabar. 



sujrgcsted by Prof. Lacordaire as possibly a good character by 

 which to distinguish Epomis from Chlaniiis^ ; but the palpi are 

 not more securiform than those of some other Chlcenii, and it 

 wants the yellow margin of the elytra. 



5. Ch. Fairmairei, mihi. 



Capite virescenti et thorace viridi, nitidis ; thorace subquadrato, 

 sparsim punctato ; clytris obovatis^ subconvexis, nigris^ punc- 

 tato-striatis, interstitiis impunctatis ; subtus niger ; pedibus 

 rafescentibus. 

 Long. 81 lin., lat. 3i lin. 



Head virescent with feeble violet reflexions, impunctate or 

 nearly so, faintly wrinkled here and there, chiefly transversely ; 

 the usual anterior fove?e effaced, or only visible in particular 

 lights ; clypeus vircscent, narrowest in front, slightly emargi- 

 nate, with a puncture near each corner before and behind; 

 labrum distinctly emarginate; antennse piceous, basal joints 

 paler; remaining parts of mouth piceous; palpi slender; men- 

 turn with an elongate deep hollow on each side of the median 

 tooth, but scarcely forming a distinct pit. Thorax subquadrate, 

 narrowed both before and behind nearly equally, broadest about 

 the middle, broadly but not deeply emarginate at the base; 

 posterior angles rounded and obtuse ; dorsal line distinct, reach- 

 ino- nearly to the front, but not to the base; green with a bluish 

 tinge; sides margined; smooth, shining, and with a few rather 

 large punctures scattered sparingly and irregularly over the sur- 

 face ; a deep basal longitudinal impression on each side of the 

 dorsal line, extending obliquely outwards and backwards, from 

 the anterior end of which a fainter curved impression extends 

 obliquely outwards and forwards, Scutellum impunctate. Elytra 

 obovate, somewhat convex, except on the disk, which is slightly 

 depressed, black, deeply punctate-striate, the interstices narrowest 

 towards the sides and apex, convex and impunctate; apex slightly 

 emarginate; marginal space granulose towards the apex, with 

 variolose fovea along the space. Under side black; prosternurn 

 deeply and coarsely punctate in the centre; pleura or side pieces 

 smooth, with one or two coarse punctures; mesosternum and 

 epipleura thickly punctate, and the abdominal segments pretty 

 thickly punctuate, most so on the sides. Legs obscurely rufescent. 



* I fear this character must be renounced as of generic vahie in this 

 group, as I find several species, which cannot otherwise be separated from 

 Chlamius, possessing it, while in others it exists in a greater or less degree. 

 I have observed, however, that wherever it is present in a marked degree, 

 the species have the general aspect of Epomis, thougli they may not 

 have the yellow margins on the elytra, as for instance, the present an 

 several sjjecies, from Hong Kong and the East. 



