134 Mr. A. Murray on Coleopfera fi'om Old Calabar. 



M. Wadclell, one of the most zealous and able of the mission- 

 aries who have done so much both for natural science, civiliza- 

 tion and religion in this interesting region. 



DiLOBOCHiLUs, Laferte, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (2 ser.) ix. 293. 



1. D.Westermanni, Laf. Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. 185.2, p. 67. 



Tomochilus Westermamii, Laf. loc. cit. 



Capite thoraceque viridi-seueis, nitidis; thorace subquadrato, 

 antice angustiore, sparse et sat profunde punctato, ad basin 

 utrinque foveis profundis longitudiualiter impresso ; margini- 

 bus rubro-cupreo micantibus ; elytris nigris et opacis, striato- 

 punctatis; intcrstitiis parum clevatis, geminato-punctatis, al- 

 ternis aureo-cupreo micantibus, margine viridi-cupreo splen- 

 dente; subtus niger ; antennarum basi, palpis, ore et pedibus 

 testaceis. 



Long. 7^ lin., lat. 3 lin. 



This beautiful insect, when in good preservation, is readily 



recof^uized by the alternate interstices shining with a metallic 



lustre. It, however, sometimes arrives in a rubbed or greasy 



state, when the metallic lustre is almost entirely effaced from 



the interstices. 



EccoPTOMENUs, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1850, No. 2. p. 109. 



Hoploc/enius. Laf. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (2 sit.) ix. p. 237. 

 Clilcenius, Bon. Dej. 



1. E. eximius, Dej. v. p. 612. 



Chlanius diaphanicollis, mihi in his Ann. vol. 19. No. 114. tab. 13. 

 fig. 11. 



Capite ffineo-virescenti, vix punctulato, liiandibulis fcrrugiueis, 

 labro et clypeo, palpis et primis duobus articulis antennarum 

 testaceis ; thorace parum circulari, antice emarginato, postice 

 truncato,pubescenti, confertissime leviter punctato, ferrugineo- 

 flavo, postice et in medio fuscescenti; latcribus reflexis ut 

 in Affono, translucentibus; elytris latis, subdcpressis, leviter 

 punctato-striatis, obscure nigris, cum margine, macula hume- 

 rali, macula transversa fere ad medium, et macula communi 

 cordiformi ad apicem positis, omnibus junctis ad lineam mar- 

 ginalem, ferrugineo-flavis ; intcrstitiis non punctatis sed leviter 

 et irregulariter transverse aciculatis; subtus niger, cyaneo- 

 iridescens ; prostcrno latcribus testaceis; pedibus testaceis. 



Long. 8 lin., lat. 3| lin. 



I had figured this species under the name Chlcenius diaphani- 



cgllis in the Plate above referred to which, accompanied a pre- 



