new genera and species of Callicln-omiua?. 417 



Narrower than H. cyanellus, thorax especially longer and 

 narrower, scattered with punctures over the Avhole upper surface,, 

 scape of auteuna3 shorter and much more coarsely rugosely 

 punctured. 



MOMBASIUS, n. gen. 



Gen. Promecido (Fahr.) proximo affiuis, differt epistomate a 

 fronte sutura impressa transversa separato; antennis scapo apice 

 extus acute spinoso, sulcis ab apice articuli 4ti tantum in- 

 cipientibus, articulo 4to precedenti longiori. ambobus asperatis. 

 Femora omnia apice abrupte et fortitev clavata. Antennas $ 

 setacea; 1 2-articulata' ; 9 1 1 -articulata^ articulis 6-11 incrassatis 

 sed non lit in Ihipocrite clavani formantibus. 



Moinh'dsiiis fi-on talis. 



Pr. chalybeato (White) paulo brevior. Saturate cyaneus, 

 antennis pedibusque nitidis: epistomate transversim depresso a 

 fronte linea impressa transversa separato: thorace medio dilatato 

 tumido, basi paulo constricto, dorso nitido, pimctis vix impressis 

 consperso, base et apice transversim plicato: elylri? passim ajqua- 

 liter discrete punctatis: antennis scapo rugoso apice extus spinoso: 

 corpore subtus polito, lateribus maculatim griseo-sericeo. Long. 

 5^-6^ lin. $,^ . 



Ribe, near IMombasa, Vu Africa (Rev. Thos. Wakefield). 



EuiH.rKs liubasis. 



Eu. stranguluto (Serv.) similis. Viridi-cyaneus nitidus, ver- 

 tice, thoracis parte anterior!, elytrisque basi et apice violaceis: 

 thorace postice tantum grosse punctato: elytris subtilissime ct 

 creberrime strigulosis, plaga magna basali glabra: antennis pedi- 

 busque violaceis. Long. 9 lin. 



Sierra Leone and R. Ogowe. 



In the Sierra Leone specimen the smooth part of the base of 

 elytra extends across as a broad fascia; in the R. Ogowe example 

 it is interrupted at the suture. 



Phros//ne porifcru?. 



Linearis, viridi-ieneus ; occipite, thoracis parte antica, anten- 

 nis, femorum clava, tibiis et tarsis posticis, loite violaceis: anten- 

 nis 9 quam in Ph. brevicorni paiUlo gracilioribus : thorace 



