180 y\v. G. Lewis on 



Conti'pus 2)roximuSj sp. n. 



C. dkhjmostrio simillimus, sed differt striis lateribus internis integris 



ad angulos haud evanescenti. 

 L. 8 mill. 



Slioitlj oval, rather convex, black and sinning ; the head 

 faintly punctulate, transverse stria complete and straiglit 

 anteriorly ; the thorax, marginal stria very fine and complete, 

 outer lateral ceases after passing the anterior angle, inner 

 lateral is complete, continuing unbroken behind the head ; 

 the elytra, outer humeral stria fine and dimidiate, inner com- 

 plete, dorsal striae didymous, 1-4 and sutural comj)lete, first 

 stria is incurved at its base, 5 a little shortened at the base, 

 the sutural turns outwards anteriorly; the propygidiura is 

 bifoveolate and slightly ])unctulate along its base ; the 

 pygidium is smooth, with a basal raised margin along half of 

 its length ; the mesosternum is marginate and feebly sinuous; 

 the anterior tibiae are 3-dentate. 



There are now four species of Gontipus known witli 

 didymous dorsal striae, viz. C. didymostrius, Mars., and 

 C. siuuosus, proximuSy and fracdstrius, Lew. 



Bab. Warri, Niger River {Dr. Roth). 



Ulster ceneus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, convexus, seneus, nitidus ; fronte plana, stria integra antice 

 leviter sinuata ; pronoto striis duabus itone oculos coalesccntibus, 

 lateribus late punctatis ; elytris striis 1— f integris, 5 basi abbre- 

 viata, suturali magis longa, humerali interna integra, externa 

 brevi ; propygidio leviter bifovcolato, pygidioque dense punctatis ; 

 mesostcrno obtuso et marginato ; tibiis antice 3-dentatis. 



L. 7|-8 mill. 



Oval, convex, brassy, shining; the head, the frontal stria 

 is feebly sinuous anteriorly ; the thorax, surface very finely 

 punctulate, with a rather broad lateral band of punctures, 

 which are largest, and some are confluent, behind the anterior 

 angle, the lateral stride are complete and turn towards each 

 other at the base, and the interstice behind the anterior angle 

 is punctate; the elytra, the outer humeral stria is short but 

 well marked and is about one third of the elytral length, the 

 inner humeral stria is complete and similar to the first 

 dorsal, dor^^al 1—4 complete, but the fourth is finer before the 

 middle, 5 is abbreviated before the base, the sutural is bent 

 and does not reach the base; the pygidia are densely and 

 coarsely punctate. 



The above belongs to a section of the u,onus in which the 



