from South <in</ West Africt. 03 



Ilah. Upper Congo [Chirk). 



The form is that of Episcophuloy oloiipjate-ovate, narrowed 

 in front, and the tdytra ospL-cially so bt-hind, sul)Cor(hite, 

 shining bhick, the surtaee very even. The antcniijc havu the 

 third joint idungate, tlie tourth to the seventh short and nodi- 

 form, the eighth is triangular, the last three form a wifle 

 chib and are transverse, the apieal one being compressed ; 

 the eyes are finely t'aecttcd. The thorax is much narrowed 

 in front, its base is bisinuate, the sides neatly and finely 

 margined ; its snrf;iee quite smooth, not impressed, and ex- 

 ceedingly finely but thickly punctured. The elytra are of 

 tlie same width as the thorax at their base, and form with it 

 a nearly continuous outline; they are very finely punctatc- 

 striate, the ])unctures in the series numerous and close ; the 

 interstices are even, and under a Coddington lens are very 

 tinely punctured, but mi so as to |)revent the surface being 

 very shining. The under surface is very smooth ; short raist'd 

 metasternal and abdominal lines are present, the latter extend 

 over half the basal segment ; the sides of the hind-body are 

 obsoletely ))unctate, ami it is wholly clear fulvous yellow. 

 The legs are black, with pitchy tarsi ; the femora are coin- 



firessed, a little thickened, not punctured ; the tibiie very 

 ittle widened, the tarsi not long, the claw-joint as long as the 

 basal part. 



Many specimens of this interesting species, the second at 

 present known, were collected by Mr. Clark on the Upper 

 (Jongo. Jn form, size, and scul[»turc it is very hke its con- 

 gener, Z./ulca, \Vestw., which is a rare insect of wliicli I 

 have oidy seen a few example-!. 



Fam. Endoinychidae. 



Ancylopus ni^jrofuscus^ sp. n. 



Totus nigro-fuscus vcl brunneus ; capitc prothoraceque crebro ac 

 distincte punctatis, lioc leviter transverse, aiitice a basi parum 

 angustato, basi marginato, sulcis basalibus distinctis ad medium 

 disci i)rovectis ; clytris crebre distiucte punctatis, nitidis, subtus 

 cum pedibus unicolore. 



Long. millim. 



Mas, tibiis anticis, deute parvulo infra medium, intus munitis. 



Ilalu Natal, 5572, 5573, 5574, 5575 ; Congo, Boma. 



This insect is evidently allied to A. fuscipenuis, Gahan, in 

 Distant's 'Transvaal,' p. 210, t. iv. fig". 10, but is larger, and 

 differs by the thorax not liaving the sides rounded, as de- 

 scribed by him and shown in the figure, but evenly narrowed 



