On Culeoiitera from Portuguese West Africa. 127 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 Tlatr IIL 



Fig. \. H. hirta, $. 

 I'jff. 2. H. rujicornis, 2 . 

 Fig. 3. H. nigrescent, 2 • 



Fig. 7. H. brun>ie<:cens, J , 

 Fig. 8. H. bipunctatn, $ , 

 Fig. 9. //. decora, $ . 



Fig. 1.'5. H. siniilis, $ . 

 Fig. 14. //. atomaria, $ . 

 i'V/7. 15. //. unizonata, cf, 



P/9. 18. -ff. rubida, $ . 

 i-V^. 19. H. brevis, $ . 

 i^V/ 20. H, indicma, $ 



i'Vy. 4. H. longa, $ . 

 J**}/. 5. if. ugandcB, 2 . 

 J^i]^'. 6. Z?. distincta, $ , 



Plate IV. 



Plate V 



Plate VI, 



Fig. 10. H. guineensis, $. 

 i^/(/. 11. /f. brunnipennis, 2 

 i^//7. 12. i/^. iinicolor, $. 



J^/y. 1.5 «. //. unizonata, J. 

 i^iV/. 1 6. ^. cingalensis, $ . 

 i^zV/. 17. H. tessellata, $. 



/"ey. 21. H. cordigera, $. 

 /•^y. 22. H. punctifera, J , 



XIX. — On LamelUcorn Goleoptera from Portuguese West 

 Africa, with Descriptions of neio Species. By Gilbert J. 

 Arrow. 



The British Museum collection contains a considerable 

 number of interesting Goleoptera from the little-known region 

 of Angola and the interior of Portuguese West Africa. A 

 few of the Lamellicornia are here described^ together with a 

 new genus and some observations on species previously 

 known. 



Copridae. 

 Copris dracoy sp. n. 



C. Elphenori et C. Anceo affinis, sed multo major, clypeo fere 

 integro, elytris politis, leviter punctato-striatis ; maris capite 

 cornu valido curvato, dimidio superiors intus utrinque perspicue 

 serrato, thorace rugoso, medio multo elevato, utrinque excavato 

 et lateraliter lamina maxima alseiformi praedito ; foeminae capite 

 cornu magno bifido, ramis retro curvatis, spatium includentibus 

 fere ad caput aequali, prothorace medio paulo elevato, lateribus 

 minute carinatis. 



Long. 29-32 mm. 



Hah. Bihe. 



10' 



