1884.] 



FROM THE LOWER NIGER. 



405 



sat acute re/lexis, medio sinuato ; thorace sparsim subtiliter 

 punctulato ; scutello nigro punctulato ; elytris hand costatis, 

 geminato striato-punctatis, interstitiis irregulariter punctatis, 

 pygidio subrucjuloso haud prof unde punctata . 



Long. 20 millim. S • 



The exterior and longer claw of four anterior tarsi is bifid ; terminal 

 ventral segment strongly sinuated at the -apex. 



7. Adoretus cinerarius, Burm. Handb. Ent. iv, 1. p. 476. 



8. Adoretus rugulosus, Burm. Handb. Ent. iv. 1 . p. 473. 



9. Temnorhynchus cribratus, n. sp. 



T. retuso offinis ; differt clijpei lamina verticali multo altiori, apice 

 angvsta vix emaryinata, thorace grossius et profundius subcon- 

 fuenter punctata, antice fortius excavata-retuso, elytrisque punc- 

 tulatis. 



Fig. 2. 



Y\z. 3. 



Temnorhynchus cribratus. 



Gnathocera sericinitens. 



Long. 19 millim. 



The middle of the upper margin of the anterior concavity of the 

 thorax forms a thick rim. 



10. Gnathocera afzeli, Swartz, Schonh. Syn. Ins. i. 3. App. 

 p. 50. 



11. Gnathocera sericinitens, n. sp. 



Nigra, subtus nitida, supra sericeo-opaca ; elytris (marginibus latis 



