320  Mr.A. Murray on Coleoptera from Old Calabar. 
base so as to form a narrow short peduncle. LElytra long, 
broader at the base than the thorax, nearly parallel, and 
rounded behind. Wings ample. Legs moderate; the posterior 
thighs not reaching nearly to the end of the elytra; the tibiz 
are grooved, rather large; tarsi with the first article invisible, 
except under the lens and when viewed laterally or from below, 
when it can be discerned as a small plate below and alongside. 
the lower and basal part of the first apparent (the second) 
article; this second article is rather long, the third is shorter, 
and the fourth short; the claws are appendiculate, and not 
dentate, but with a slight prominence at the base. The abdo- 
men has five segments, besides the anal projection. 
Thanasimodes metallicus. Fig. 2. 2 
Nitidissimus, sparsim pilosus, supra viridi- 
metallicus, subtus viridi-cyaneus; abdo- 
mine versus apicem et femoribus lete 
rufis; thorace levissime et parce punctato ; 
elytris striato-punctatis, striis versus api- 
cem evanescentibus. 
Long. 11 lin., lat. 34 lin. 
Very bright and shining clear metallic green above, and 
bearing scattered long fine fulvous hairs ; below blue or greenish 
blue, with the anal appendage and last segment of the abdomen 
of a bright red, which extends along the external margin of one 
or more of the preceding segments; there is also a tinge of red 
on the margin of each of the segments and on the metathoracie 
parapleure ; the femora, with the exception of the tip and the 
base, are of the same red colour, although not so bright. An- 
tenn, labrum, maxille, palpi, and tarsi brown; mandibles 
black. Head rounded, very smooth, with a few faint punctures 
and fine fulvous hairs on the surface, and a few wrinkles 
above the eyes. Thorax convex, very smooth and shining, with 
a slight trace of a transverse depression near the front, with a 
few faint punctures and fine hairs scattered over the surface ; 
the sides subparallel, the angles rounded, the base constricted, 
the constriction or peduncle wrinkled. Scutellum impunctate, 
subtriangular, with the apex rounded. LElytra three times the 
length of the thorax, punctate-striate, the strie deeper towards 
the base, and disappearing on the posterior half, or only to be 
traced in very faint distant punctures and hairs; shoulders dis- 
tinct, sides inflexed and margined. The underside is shining, 
finely punctate; the segments of the abdomen more deeply and 
distinctly (but still very sparingly) punctate. The legs are more 
pilose than the body, and the lamellz of the tarsi are fulvous. 
One specimen. 
