Mr. A. Murray on Coleoptera from Old Calabar. 479 
I am indebted ve a very large number of the species received 
from Old Calab 
T. Monohammus trrorator, Chevr. Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. 
1855, p. 517. 
Alatus, elongatus, vage punctatus, nigro cinereoque vestitus; 
antennis (cinereo annulatis) tibiisque partim ferrugineis ; 
thorace antice posticeque recte truncato, ad basin late sul- 
cato, spina laterali valida; elytris thorace multo latioribus 
(humeris rectangulis), in apice obtuse truncatis, striato- 
pun ous cinereis Egi irroratis et fere trifasciatis. 
Long. 8 lin., lat. 23 lin 
Of the size of M. ruspator, Fab., but somewhat narrower 
and proportionally more elongate. ody ash - coloured, 
covéred with black spots and patches. Head with only 
some scattered punctures, binckbk aa ash-coloured behind, and 
with a triangular black patch on its occipital part and an 
elongated one on each side facing the eyes. Longitudinal 
channel very narrow. Palpi brown, yellowish at the apex of 
the articles. Mandibles black, rugose at the base, smooth at 
the tip. Eyes black. Antenne ferruginous, ash-coloured at 
the base of e articles, siti from the fourth: first article 
obscure, punctate. "Thorax almost as long as broad, truncate 
rather broadly grooved at the base; its disk has. three small 
blackish convexities with some scattered punctures; the 
lateral spine is broad and thickened at the base. Scutellum 
broad, semicircular, ash-coloured, with a large black rounded 
spot. Elytra three times the length of the thorax, broader 
than it, projecting and. truncate rectangularly at the shoulder, 
subtruncate at the apex, nig aga the punctures trans- 
versely tubercular on their front, near the base, as if im- 
pressed from behind; the ims is ashy, and covered 
with black spots which are more or less confluent, forming as 
it were three transverse bands. Body below uniform ash- 
coloured. Thighs arched, dg eru tarsi ix ferruginous. 
Only one or two specimens 
` 8. Monohammus viridipennis, Chevr. Rev. et Mag. d. 
Zool. 1855, p. 284. 
acus, nigro-plumbeus, pube albida indutus ; capite in longi- 
ae ad jalas onio bifoveolato ; Mie palporum = 
apice luteis; antennis nigris, corpore vix longioribus ; P tho 
race antice posticeque recto et marginato, transvers 
stricto, vix punctato, spina laterali valida, je, ia 
