THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZhNE OF NATURAL illSTOUY 



[NINTH SERIES.] 

 No. 33. SEPTEMBER 1920. 



XXXII. — Notes on various African and Asiatic Species of 

 Hapalochrus, lir., ivith an Account of tlieir accessory 

 (^ -characters \_Coleoptera~\. By G. C. Champion, F.Z.S, 



[Continued from p, 201.] 



[Plate VIII.*] 



25. Hapalochrus inchoaius, sp. u. 



c? . Elongate, rather narrow, widened posteriorly, shining, 

 clothed with rather long pallid hairs ; cyaneous or violaceous, 

 rarely brassy or goldeu-greeii, the elytra often green, the 

 basal three or four joints of the antenn;e wholly oi- in part, 

 the anterior legs (the tarsi excepted), and the intermediate 

 femora at the base beneath or entirely, testaceous:, the rest 

 of the antennae and legs black or metallic, the abdomen 

 flavescent and nigro-maculate. Head spai'sely punotulate, 

 shining; antennae long, rather stout, joints 2-10 almost 

 equal in width, much longer than broad. Prothorax broader 

 than long, sparsely pnnctulatc laterally, smooth on the disc. 

 Elytra densely, rugulosely, and not very coarsely punctate. 

 Anterior trochanters toothed ; anterior femora ^P1. VIII. 

 fig. 22) with a small tooth at the base ; anterior til)i;e 

 dilated and obliquely excavate beyond the middle ; anterior 

 tarsal joint 2 prolonged over 3; intci'mediate femora ex- 

 cavate at the base beneath; intermediate tibi;c (PI. VII 1. 

 fig. 22a) strongly incrassate, convex, subtriangular, excavate 

 at the a[)cx within, and furnished with a long, sinuous, 



* [The riiite will be puLlished with the concluding part of the article.] 

 Ann. & XLuj. N. Hist. Scr. D. Vol. vi. 17 



