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



which is found out of the limits of the northern hemisphere : 

 all the rest come from Europe, Siberia, North America, &c. 

 I think we must regard it as a straggler which has passed the 

 barrier of the Sahara either before or after it became dry land. 

 It appears to be distributed all over Africa proper, having 

 been met with in Senegal, Guinea, Old Calabar, the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and CafFraria. 



Cardiophoeus, Esch. 

 Cardiophorus accensus^ Cand. Elat. iii. p. 178. 

 One or two specimens received. 



Melanoxanthus, Esch. 



Melanoxanthus melanocephalusy Germ. Zeitsch. v. p. 191 ; 

 Cand. Elat. ii. 512. 



Mater melanoce2)halus, Thunb. Nov. Spec. Ins. Diss. iii. p. 63 ; Oliv., 

 Fab., Herbst, &c. 



Var. suhsuturalis. 



This species seems nearly cosmopolitan. It is found, not 

 rarely, in Brazil. It occurs in India, the Malaccas, and gene- 

 rally in all the tropical regions of Asia from Arabia to China. 

 It has also been met with in Madagascar and the Mauritius, 

 and Bourbon Island. 



The specimen (only one) which I have received from Old 

 Calabar agrees with the ordinary type, with the exception that 

 the black mark on the thorax is a little wider and extends 

 further back on the thorax, and that the black apex of the 

 elytra extends further up them and runs narrowly and feebly 

 up the suture for a short space. I have therefore treated it as 

 a variety. 



Heteroderes, Latr. 



Heteroderes coctusj Cand. Elat. ii. p. 366. 



This is one of the commonest of the Elateridae of Old 

 Calabar. 



ISCHIODONTUS, Cand. 



Ischiodontus monachus^ Cand. Elat. ii. p. 120. 



One specimen received. 



PSEPHUS, Cand. 



§ 1. Third article of antennae smaller than the fourth. 



1. Psephus Umonioides, 



Generi Limonio facie similis (ex.gr. Limonio fulmpilis^ Cand.), 

 fusco-niger, parum nitidus j fronte convexa, antice im- 



