Mr. A. Murray on Coleoptera from Old Calabar. 321 
This is one of the largest and perhaps the finest of the 
Cleride. 
Malacodermata. 
Hepysivs, Erich. 
Hedybius caruleus. 
Supra lete ceruleus, antennis pallidis, articulo primo et articulis 
duobus ultimis luridis; subtus et pedibus nigris; nitidus ; 
capite levi, antice utrinque impresso; thorace quam caput 
angustiore, subrotundato, levi, versus latera et postice late 
marginato, antice leviter transversim impresso, disco modice 
convexo; elytris postice quam antice parum latioribus, for- 
titer et dense granulatim punctatis. 
Long. 23 lin., lat. 3-1 lin. 
Above rich deep czrulean blue; the underside and the legs 
black ; antennz pallid testaceous, with the first and the last 
two articles lurid or piceous. Head smooth, longitudinally bi- 
impressed in front. Thorax narrower than the head, rounded 
or, rather, octagonal or hexagonal in shape, with all the corners 
rounded off, smooth, shining, and impunctate; the disk mode- 
rately convex, slightly depressed in front and surrounded on the 
sides and base with a broad deep channel. Scutellum distinct. 
Elytra broader behind than in front, deeply, coarsely, and 
closely granulosely and irregularly punctate, the punctation not 
so deep towards the base and in the neighbourhood of the scu- 
tellum and shoulders; the space near the scutellum depressed ; 
the shoulders prominent; a distinct lme near the suture and 
along the outer margin; apex rounded; the-exsertile vesicles 
on the underside of the thorax and abdomen distinct. 
Apparently pretty common. 
The genus to which this species belongs is the African repre- 
sentative of Aftalus, which is not found in Africa proper, 7. e. 
south of the Sahara, being a European genus and only found 
in Africa in the Mediterranean district. Erichson describes a 
species of Attalus from Tasmania, which, however, I have not 
seen. 
Of this African genus there are upwards of a dozen species, 
which have been described by Erichson, Boheman, &c., all from 
the Cape, except one from Abyssinia. 
Lampyride. 
Lucio.a, Casteln. 
(Subgenus Delopyrus, Motsch.) 
Luctola bimyzata. 
Testaceo-fulva; capite nigro; prothorace testaceo, medio plus 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 3. Vol. xx. 
