414 (38) Mr. G. R. Crotch's Revision of 



Episcaphula senegalensis. 



Engis senegalensis, Lap. Hist. Nat. ii. 15. 

 EpiscajyJia interrupta, Lac. Erot. 57. 



ip>idea, Thorns. Arch. Ent. ii. 235. 



Natal. 



Episcaphula repanda. 



Engis repanda, Klug, Erman^s Reise, Nat. Atl. 32. T. xv. f. 4. 

 Episcapha — , Lac. Erot. 56. 

 Senegal, Natal. 



I have seen specimens marked "India," but evidently in error. 

 The prosternum is compressed, the process broad, margined, 

 obtriangiTlar. 



Episcaphula Mouattii. 



Episcapha Mouattii, Guer. R. Z. (1841) 159. 



, Lac. Erot. 54. 



Madagascar. 



Prosternum not compressed, process broad, margined ; ventral 

 segments punctate, pubescent. 



Episcaphula rectesignata, sp. n. 



E. ohliquatce valde affinis, antennis articulo 8° paulo dilatato, 

 thorace lateribus magis rotundatis, elytrisque fascia basali recta, 

 transversa, apicali subobliqua, facile distinguenda. L. 7| lin. 



Africa. 



Episcaphula trichroa, sp. n.* 



Oblonga, nigra, nitida, capite thoraceque confertim punctatis, 

 hoc lateribus mai'ginatis; elytriis distincte serie-punctatis, interval- 

 lis punctatis, singulo fasciis 2 fiilvis, apiceque rufo (1 basali antice 

 valde dentata, 1 valde arcuata ante apicem). L. 6 lin. 



Old Calabar (Murray). 



Ventral segments pimctate, pubescent in the middle; proster- 

 num carinate, the intercoxal process broad, siibquadrate, mai'gined, 

 slightly emarginate. 



Episcaphula obliquata. 



Episca2)ha obliquata, Lac. Erot. 60. 

 Senegal, Gaboon, Old Calabar. 



Episcaphula Savagii, sp. n. 



Nigra, subopaca, sparse punctata; thorace subtransverso, lateri- 

 bus crasse mai-ginatis, basi utrinque foveolato; elytris obsoletissime 



