and Asiatic *S))ec?V.s o/" Hapaloclmis. 183 



preceded by a long, matted, dentiform tuft of curled fulvous 

 hairs and followed by a smaller tuft of similar hairs, tiiese 

 tufts arising" from the cavernous lower surface. 



^'ar. Tiie testaceous lateral markings on tl;e elytra extend- 

 ing inwards and forming an angulate niedian fascia, the 

 subapical green fas;cia sometimes reduced to an irregular 

 oblique green patch on the disc of each elvtron. — 

 ?=zH.janso7ii, Vic, ? (191.2). 



Hub. W. Africa, Benguela, Congo, Gaboon (/^ic), Agoue, 

 Benin {Abbe Menaffey-), Angola., Whydah (Mus. Brit.), Lagos 

 in S. Nigeria (J. A. tie Gaye), Cotonou in Dahomey, 70 miles 

 W. of Lagos {IV. A. Lambura : v., vi. 1914 : c? ? : Mus. Brit., 

 Mus. O.i-y/i.), Tamsoo, Gold Coast {Mus. Brit.: ,$) -, Lam- 

 barene, French Congo (Z. Fea : xi., xii. 1902 : c? $ : Mus. 

 Genoa) ; Boma, Sassa, Tolo, Eala, Kundi, Lukolela, 

 Kwamouth, Bas-Kasai, Coquilhatville_, &c,, Belgian Congo 

 {Mus. Congo Beige: ^ ? , and vars ). 



Numerous examples of this species are before me, including 

 sixteen males, mostly belonging to the Congo, Genoa,, or 

 (jxfoi'd Museums : the variety (? = i/, jansoni, Pic, tyi)e ? ) 

 is represented by a 9 from Dahomey and a (J from the 

 Congo. The only (^ -character noted by Pic is the " simple 

 antentiffi.'" The testaceous anterior portion of the head is 

 of course peculiar to that sex, the ? having the head 

 entirely metallic. 



4. Hapalochrus nobilis. 



2. Apalocknit nobilis, Er. Archiv fiir Naturg. 1843, 1, p. 226. 

 Hapalochrous nobilis, Pic, Melauges exot.-entom, iv. (Sept. 1912). 



Hab. W. Africa, Angola (type of Erichson), Onitsha in 

 S. Nigeria {J. A. de Gaye : vii. 1910 : ? ). 



A ? from Nigeria in the British Museum agrees with tlie 

 description of A. nobilis, except in having the anteunre, 

 femora, and tarsi darker, a character of no importance in the 

 present genus. This insect is extremely like H. longior, Pie, 

 and has the elytra marked as in one of the forms of that 

 species — metallic bluish-green, with a triangular patch at 

 the middle of the sides and another at the apex testaceous ; 

 from which it is separable by the broader and more robust 

 build, and the rugosely punctured sides of the prothorax. 

 The (J -characters may prove to be dissimilar from those of 

 the allied H. longior, an insect also occurring in Angola. 



