MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 305 
sides rounded and margined, broadly explanate at the posterior angles; apex not 
margined, emarginate, about as broad in front as behind; widest before the middle, 
anterior angles somewhat obtuse and rounded, posterior angles sharp, right-angled, 
scarcely looking backwards; base truncate and bisinuate, the middle projecting slightly 
like a truncate lobe, a faint longitudinal impression on each of its sides; the disk flat 
and of a subcordate form, truncate both before and behind; finely punctate, more 
sparingly on the centre than towards the sides. Scutellum transverse, pentangular, 
angles (except basal angles) rounded, punctate along the base. Elytra slightly wider 
behind than in front, rather coarsely punctate-striate, the stris disappearing towards 
the sides and apex, the punctuation in the striz transverse, interstices very finely and 
sparingly punctate; sides declinate and broadly margined, the black at the apex reaching 
about halfway up the elytra and gradually disappearing. Abdomen very faintly pubes- 
cent, the pygidium finely punctate, the preceding segments only punctate in front; 
fimbrize well marked, wider behind than in front, except on the pygidium. Legs rather 
stout, rufous. 
From Old Calabar. Sent by my valued friend the Rev. W. C. Thomson, from whom 
I have received a multitude of treasures from his missionary station in that country. 
There is also a specimen, from Portuguese Senegal, in the Marquis de la Ferté’s 
collection. 
28. BRACHYPEPLUS NIGER. 
Murray, in Ann. Nat. Hist. iv. 357 (1859). 
B. rubido valde affinis; niger, major, et fortius punctatus. Long. 4 lin., lat. 1} lin. 
Habitat in Calabaria antiqua in Africa occidentali." 
Closely allied to 8. rubidus; black, larger, and much more coarsely but still finely 
punctate; all the characters are somewhat exaggerated, but it does not seem to differ 
in other respects. 
From Old Calabar. 
29. BRACHYPEPLUS LAFERTEI. 
B. nigro similis: niger, levissime punctatus; prothoraee angulis posticis Fig. 72. 
retroaspicientibus ; elytris levissime seriatim punctatis, vitta rufa hume- / — 
rali. Long. 3 lin., lat. 11 Jin. ( | 
Habitat in Senegallia Lusitanica, aA) 
Similar in form to B. rubidus and B. niger. Oblong, parallel, very flat and depressed, 
shining, very faintly punctate. Black, with a red humeral vitta behind the shoulder 
reaching halfway down the elytra. Antennze testaceous, club fuscous. Head sparingly 
punctate, with a deep impression on each side in front. Thorax differently shaped from 
that of the above species, narrower in front than behind instead of being nearly equal, 
and the widest part is behind the middle towards the posterior angles, instead of being 
before the middle, the sides gently rounded, anterior angles rounded, posterior angles 
rounded, projecting a little backwards; base trisinuate, one curve in front of the 
