326 Mr. A. Murray on Coleoptera from Old Calabar. 



humeris elevatis totis elytrorumque apice irregulariter ni- 



gris ; abdomine lateribus late flavis. 

 (^ . Elytris amplissimis, conjunctim fere orbiculatis, humeris 



oblique valde elevatis, femoribus tibiisque quatuor poste- 



rioribus dentatis. Long. 10-14 lin., lat. 8-10 lin. 

 ? . Elytris subparallelis ; costa humerali rotundatim et hori- 



zontaliter extensa ; pedibus muticis. Long. 10-14 lin. 



There is no doubt that this is the species described by Bo- 

 heman as the Bremei of Guerin. But he cannot have seen the 

 original figure of that species given by Guerin in Lefebvre's 

 ' Voyage en Abyssinie,' which is quite different from it, and 

 much nearer L.foliaceuSy or rather that form of it (whether 

 species or variety) which I have above characterized as L. im- 

 mersus. The reference w^iich Boheman gives is to Gudrin's 

 separate description in the ' Revue Zoologique,' where there is 

 no plate ; but a figure of it is given in Lefebvre's ' Voyage/ 

 of which the entomological part is by Gu^rin-Meneville. To 

 remove all doubt from the subject, I figure both. Figs. 12, 

 13, and 14 (see L. Bremei postea) are taken from the plates 

 in Lefebvre's 'Voyage,' and represent Gu^rin's Bremei. Fig. 7 

 represents Boheman's Bremei. 



But although the latter is quite distinct, it is not new. 

 Schonherr had previously described it under the name of L. 

 dentipes^ as may be seen from his description, which is as fol- 

 lows : — 



" Niger, thoracis lateribus elytrisque latissimis flavis ; his 

 macula basali apiceque nigris; femoribus posterioribus den- 

 tatis. 



" Habitat in Cap. Bon. Spei. Mus. Schonh. 



" Perhaps only the male of L. rostratus ; the size of the 

 body and the facies nearly as in it, viz. the disk of the thorax 

 almost entirely black, the elytra with a large basal patch at 

 the scutellum, and the apex sinuately black ; to be sure, it is 

 larger, and chiefly in the elytra almost twice as broad, com- 

 peting with L.foliaceus in magnitude. The elytra behind the 

 middle very much dilated, with the lateral margin reflexed. 

 The shoulders very much raised, inflated ; the sutm-e not in- 

 fuscate. The body below black ; the abdomen with the sides 

 luteous. Legs strong and black ; the posterior thighs armed 

 below with a strong subobtuse tooth. The wings pale, with 

 the apex black." 



The above, with one exception, is a perfect description of 

 the present species : the exception is, " the elytra behind 



