and Asiatic Species of Ilapalochvus. 251 



dilated, 1-3 partly testaceous ; legs almost wholly black or 

 metallic. 



Length 4-4^, breadth' I5-2 mm. 



IJab. W. Africa, Cotouou in Dahomc}', 70 miles due W. 

 of Lagos {TF. A. Lamborn : v., vi. 1914, vi. 1915). 



Two males and three females. Very like the Nigerian 

 H. dUuticorms, the S with stout, much less dilated^ tapering 

 anteniiffi, \\\t\\ enlarged third joint, the anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibiae moderately thickened and simply sinuate, the 

 latter subanguhite externally and not bilobate at tip. More 

 robust than H. azureus, Er. ( = caru/eus, Murr.), the antennae 

 stouter iu both sexes, the (^-characters very different. The 

 allied H. tschoff'eni, Pic (1907), from the Conuo, type J , has 

 tapering, less thickened antennae, with smaller third joint, 

 basally dentate anterior femora, moderately inflated inter- 

 mediate tibiae, &c. H. diversipes, Pic (1919), type c??, in- 

 correctly treated as a variety of H. sjosledti, seems to have 

 similar antenna?. 



27. Hapalochrus dahomeyanus, sp. n. 



cJ . Extremely like H. fusicornis: antennae feebly serrate, 

 formed and coloured as in the ? of that species, the third joint 

 not dilated; anterior femora (except along their upper edge) 

 and tiljiie, and the intermediate femora beneath, testaceous; 

 anterior femora with a slender tooth at the extreme base ; 

 anterior tibiae twisted and dilated, compressed and excavate 

 towards the apex ; anterior tarsal joints 1 and 2 slightly 

 tliickened, 2 extending over 3 ; intermediate tibiae very 

 stout, elongate-triangular, not angulate at the middle exter- 

 nally, furnished with a short, broad, compressed, testaceous 

 lobe at the inner apical angle, and with a short tooth beneath 

 the out(;r angle; elytra a little smoother at the base. 



Length 4, breadth 1^ mm. 



Hab. W. AniiCA, Cotonou in Dahomey (JF. A. Lamborn : 

 31. V. 1914). 



One (^ , found at the same locality as H. fusicornis, 

 differing from it as stated above. 



28. Hapalochrus tschoffeni. 



Ilapnlochruiis tschoffeni, Pic, Ann. Soc. Eat. Belj>-. li. p. .'384: (J) 

 (l'J07). 



c? . Autennae testaceous (except at the tii)), rather stout, 

 tajjcring towards the apex ; anterior legs (the tips of the 

 tarsi exc'cpted) testaceous, tin; trochanters unarmed, the 

 femora with a long, slender toolh at the extreme base, 



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