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que altera abbreviata versus scutellum; striis 1 et 2 ad basin con- 
nexis; striz 5 et 6 longe ante apicem conjunguntur ; strie 3 et 4 
propriores, 2 et 7, et 1 cum 8va connexis. Pedes longitudine me- 
diocres, tibiis simplicibus et feré rectis. Mesosternum anticé biden- 
tatum, prosterni apicem acutum recipiens. 
I give the insect here described as the true H. punctatus, Fab., on 
the authority of a specimen received by the Rev. F. W. Hope from 
Copenhagen, from M. Westermann, who has such excellent oppor- 
tunities of determining those Fabrician species which were described 
from the cabinets of Lund and Sehestedt, as was the case with the 
present species. This is the more important, as the Fabrician de- 
scription is so slight as to be applicable to scores of species of He- 
teromerous insects. 
Nycrozares Hypocrita. Nyct. niger subobscurus tenuissime punc- 
tatus, prothoracis lateribus subrotundatis integris angulis anticis 
acutis, antennis longioribus apice parim latioribus. 
Long. corp. lin. 82; lat. elytr. pone med. lin. 33. 
Hab. in Guinea. In Mus. D. Hope, comm. D. Westermann. 
Syn. Iphthinus Hypocrita, Dej., Cat. sine descr.; Iphthinus Gui- 
neensis, Westermann, MSS. 
Niger subobscurus. Caput (presertim in clypeo) et prothorax 
punctata; clypeus e vertice linea impressa curvata vix separata, ca- 
rina utrinque partm elevataé ad marginem internum oculorum. An- 
tenne graciles articulis 3 vel 4 ultimis partm latioribus compressis. 
Prothoraxr subquadratus, lateribus subrotundatis marginatis integris 
angulis posticis acutis ; margine postico feré recto tenué marginato. 
Eilytra parim convexiora quam in reliquis; singulo sulcis 8 profun- 
dis longitudinalibus et punctatis, inter se connexis ut in specie pre- 
cedenti; pone medium paulld latiora et posticé acuminata. Pedes 
longiores, simplices, tibiis parim curvatis. 
NyYcToBATES TRANSVERSALIS. Nyct. niger subobscurus subpunc- 
tatus, capite parvo, oculis magnis, antennis apice haud incrassatis, 
prothorace transverso angulis anticis rotundatis, lateribus integris, 
elytris striato-punctatis. 
Long. corp. lin. 94; lat. elytr. lin. 4. 
Hab. apud Sierram Leonam. In mus. D. Hope et Waterhouse. 
Caput sub lente punctatum, presertim in clypeo magno transverso- 
ovato, e vertice lined forti impressA semicirculari diviso; oculi 
magni, angulis internis intus productis, spatio parvo intermedio tan- 
tum relicto ; carine duz interoculares subobsolete. Antenne breves 
subdepresse, articulis 7 ultimis subequalibus apicem versus haud 
incrassatis. Prothorav latior quam longus lateribus tenué margina- 
tis subrotundatis integris angulis posticis vix acutis ; margine postico 
feré recto; dorso tenué punctato. lytra feré parallela, thorace la- 
tiora, angulis humeralibus obliqué truncatis longitudinaliter sulcatis, 
sulcis sub lente punctatis, stridque alteré abbreviata versus scutellum, 
Pedes graciles simplices, tibiis feré rectis. 
Nycropates Brevicornis, Nyct. niger, capite et pronoto tenuis- 
