170 Mr. A. Murray on Coleoptera from Old Calabar. 
CEdenoderus sphericollis. 
Callidium sphericolle, Chevr. Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. 1855, p. 283. 
Lividus, minute scabrosus; antennis gracilibus pedibusque 
pallidis ; capite antice quadrato et oblique declivi, in longi- 
tudine obsolete canaliculato ; mandibulis brevibus, crassius- 
culis, triangularibus, apice nigris, juxtapositis ; oculis sub- 
rotundatis, postice rectis et supra depressis; thorace valde 
globoso, marginato in er et fortiter constricto ; emi 
elongato triangulari ; is thoracis latitudine, usque 
apicem sensim herir d et singulatim anguste ir uen 
in pane ane et intus basi depressis. 
Long. 4 2 lin. 
Livid, NE saree antenns slender, and feet pale. 
Thorax 'globose, marginat e, and strongly constricted. u- 
tellum elongate triangular. Elytra attenuate at the apex. 
ly one specimen received, which I gave to M. Chevrolat. 
TRACHELOPHANES*, genus novum. 
Caput rotundatum, antice elongatum. Oculis subtriangulari- 
bus, convexiusculis, supra et intus .Subemarginatis. An- 
tennis brevibus, circiter sesqui corporis longitudine, undecim 
articulis elongatis subeequalibus, tertio quinto ue tamen 
longioribus. Thorax elongatus, duplo longior quam latior, 
cylindraceus, medio modice subampliatus, antice posticeque 
rectus et supra leviter depressus. Scutellum. transversim 
rotundatum. Elytra thorace latiora et duplo tamen lon lort, 
poala ypa rotundata et in sutura subrectangula. 
emoribus, late clavatis, subcompressis ; tarsi articulo pies 
conico, secundo quadrato, tertio longe bilobo, sat lato, un- 
lis brevibus curvatis 
I agree with M. OR ein and Prof. Lacordaire in thinking 
that a new genus is necessary for the following species. It is 
at ee distinguished from Hesperophanes by its cylindrical 
nec 
Trachelophanes puberulus. 
-Hesperophanes ? puberulus, Chevr. Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. 1855, p. 284. 
Validiusculus, brevis, rufus vel fusco-obscurus, erebre et me- 
diocriter punctatus, pube cinerea indutus ; palpis pedibusque 
ferruginel 
Long. & Ri; ie 12 lin. 
Rufous or obscure fuscous, short and stout, closely and mo- 
* Tpaxndos, neck, in allusion to its elongated thorax (which is its most 
won d distinction from Hesperophanes), and $aívo, I appear (apparent). 
ied to Hesperophanes. 
