334 Mr. A. Murray on Coleoptera from Old Calabar, 



menium altit. circiter O'l millim. (statu humido), in L. sarco' 

 gynoide altit. fere 0*09 millim., in L, lapicida var. declinata altit. 

 solum 0'05 millim. 



10. Lecidea furvella, Nyl. 



Diifert a subsimili L.furvula hypothecio atro, epithecio (et tha- 

 lamic superne) cserulescente, sporis minoribus (long. 0*009- 

 0-011, crass. 0*0045 millim.), &c. 

 Ad saxa micaceo-schistosa in Ben Lawers Scotise (Mr. I. . 



Carroll). 



In L. furvula hypothecium fuscum, epithecium nigricans; 



sporse long. 0-012-0-017 millim., crass. 006-0'008 millim., 



thallus crassior et distinctius areolato-diffractus, &c. 



XLVIII. — List of Coleoptera received from Old Calabar, on the 



West Coast of Africa, By Andrew Murray, F.L.S. 



[Continued from p. 180.] 



Trogositidae, 



Alindria, Er. 



Alindria alutacea, 



A, elongate valde affinis, magis opaca; elytris minus fortiter 

 punctatis, interstitiis magis elevatis versus apicem quam 

 versus basin. 



Long. 7-9 lin., lat. 2^ lin. 



Very similar to A. elongata, Guer. ; more opake and dull in 

 texture ; the head has a general slight depression in the middle, 

 whereas in A. elongata the depression is somewhat angular and 

 placed towards the back of the head. In A. elongata the costse 

 between the double row of punctures on the elytra are most 

 developed towards the base, while in this species they are more 

 raised towards the apex; the punctures, too, are not quite so 

 deep. The insect is also not quite so cylindrical, being a little 

 depressed on the back, and perhaps broader in proportion; but 

 it is obviously the representative on the west coast of Africa of 

 A, elongata on the east coast (Natal). 



Two specimens received. 



The geographical distribution of this genus is peculiar, viz. 

 North America and Africa. There is a species also said to be 

 from Cachemir, which I have not seen. 



Melambia, Er. 

 Melambia striata^ Oliv. Ent. ii. 19. p. 7. 

 A single specimen. 



