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



at the apex, opaque. Elytra twice and a half the length of the 

 thorax, and a little broader than it at the base, which is truncate ; 

 the shoulders very slightly prominent; basal exterior angles 

 very nearly rectangular, but slightly obtuse and with the angle 

 itself rounded ; the sides nearly straight or slightly diverging, 

 until behind the middle, when they gradually converge, termi- 

 nating when united in a rounded pointed apex; moderately 

 convex above, punctate-striate, the striae ten in number, slightly 

 deflexed near the shoulder and cut like rectangular grooves, 

 well defined, and the punctures transverse and rectangular; 

 covered with fuscous scales variegated with whitish, or ochreous 

 opaque dull scales running down on each side of the suture, 

 extending outwards in a somewhat triangular shape towards the 

 base, and also less extensively behind the middle, and again 

 still smaller near the apex, also with a whitish patch near each 

 shoulder; the fuscous colour is darkest and most conspicuous 

 where it joins the whiter variegation. The body below is flat, 

 opaque, and covered with dull cinereous scales ; the thorax is 

 coarsely and rather sparsely punctate. The legs are fusco-ferru- 

 ginous ; the thighs darker, at least in the middle. 



The female is said to have the eyes divided. I am not sure 

 that the males can be distinguished from the females by any 

 other superficial character : but if the character is a good one, 

 then I have never seen any females ; for all the specimens that 

 I have examined, whether from Old Calabar or South Africa, 

 have the eyes unseparated. 



I presume it is rare at Old Calabar ; for I have only received 

 one or two examples. Its range seems to be extensive in Africa, 

 specimens standing in collections from Guinea, the Cape, and 

 Natal. 



Peltis, Kugel. 



1. Peltis crenata. 



Oblongo-ovata, depressa, brunnea, punctata, breviter subsetosa ; 



elytris crenato-striatis. 

 Long. 24 lin., lat. 1 lin. 



Oblong-ovate, flat, depressed, brown, coarsely punctate, with 

 very short whitish setse or hair-like scales irregularly dispersed 

 on the thorax and in lines on the elytra. Head not extending 

 beyond the emargination of the thorax, flat, with a transverse, 

 somewhat curved depression in front, leaving a roundish emi- 

 nence behind the clypeus. Thorax deeply emarginate, widest 

 near the posterior angles, which are turned slightly in and 

 rounded at the tip; sides sloping to the front; anterior angles 

 projecting and rounded at the apex; base trisinuate, surface 



