252 Mr. G. C. Champion on various African 



the tibiae moderate!}' dilated and excavate beyond the middle, 

 the tarsal joint 2 produced over 3^ nigro-pectinate at tip ; 

 intermediate femora testaceous to near the apex, excavate 

 at the base beneath ; intermediate til)iae gradually incrr.ssate 

 towards the tip, transversely liollovved before and at the 

 apex beneath, and without lobe at the inner apical angle. 



Hab. W. Central Africa, Boma, Congo [type of Pic), 

 Congo da Leniba (i?. Mayne, in Mus. Congo Beige). 



The above description of the ^ is taken from a specimen 

 in the Congo Museum, captured by M. Mayne in January or 

 February 1913. It is doubtful if the ? is distinguishable 

 from the same sex of several of the allied forms. The ? 

 has the intermediate tibise much less incrassate than in 

 H. testaceicornis, H. dilaticornis , &c., and they are more 

 thickened distally and less sinuate than in H. fusicortiis. 



29. Hapalochrus appendicifer . 



(J . Hapalochrus appendicifer, Pic, L'Echauge, xx. p. 34 (1904). 

 Yar. 5 . Hapalochrus martini, Pic, loc. cit. p. 28. 



^ . Antennge stout, joint 2 much longer than 3, testa- 

 ceous, 4-9 about as long as broad ; anterior tibia? obscure 

 testaceous or piceous, curved, broad, rapidly widened to near 

 the tip and then sinuously, obliquely compressed and deeply 

 excavate, the apical portion narrow ; anterior tarsal joints 

 1 and 2 thickened, subequal in length, 2 narrowly extended 

 over 3 ; intermediate femora deeply, abruptly excised before 

 ihe apex (appearing angulate at the middle) ; intermediate 

 tibiae (PI. VIII. fig. 19) very stout, curved, dilated to near 

 the apex within and then obliquely narrowed to the tip, 

 the angle thus formed bearing a long, slender, compressed, 

 subtruncate, free appendage, the outer apical angle with a 

 short tooth beneath. 



Length 4-4?, breadth 1+-2 mm. (c? ? .) 

 Hah. S.E. AND E, Africa, Dunbrody [Uitenhage] {Rev. 

 O'Neil : type of Pic, cJ ), Durban (H. W. Bell Marley : 

 xii. 1901 : S), Malvern [G. A. K. Marshall : ? ), Zambesi 

 {Mus. Brit. : ? ), Zanzibar (Revoil, ex coll. Fry : $ ), 

 Karonga, Nyasaland {S. A. Neave : ? j ; Manyema (^Dvpuis, 

 in Mus. Congo Beige : c? ? ). 



The British Museum possesses a (^ of this species from 

 Durban agreeing with Pic's description of H. appendicifer, 

 and with another specimen of the same sex from Manyema 

 named by the author. Females from Malvern and Zambesi, 

 green or brassy-green in colour, with the elytra more 

 sparsely and less coarsely punctured at the base, are appa- 



