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often exhibit a certain family resemblance to those of East Africa, which can be ap- 

 preciated, but is difficult to express. The affinities with the Cape species are rarer than 

 with those of Mozambique. The cgnnexion with Mozambique is a very interesting 

 problem, which must wait unriddling until Central Equatorial Africa be explored. It 

 would be very interesting to know whether the Goliaths stretch across the whole conti- 

 nent, new species replacing new species until we arrive at Mozambique, or whether 

 there is a total gap ; or if we must cast about for other explanations of the occurrence 

 of G. cacicus on the one side and G. Fornasinii on the other. 



3. The East-Indian district has a considerable number of alliances with Old Calabar. 

 Not to speak of the PheropsopJii, the occurrence of Macrocheili, of OrtJiogonii, and a 

 number of other Carabidge in both countries is of interest. The Heteromera furnish a 

 number of similar cases. The Lamellicornes give a certain number of identical species ; 

 but of those merely allied the number is not so great. Some genera of the Longicornes 

 are represented in both countries ; but the affinity is seldom so marked as to prevent a 

 tolerably good entomologist allotting the country to which they belong without being 

 told it. The Curculionidse, as in South America, are nearly unrepresented. 



The relations with Europe are very few, and mostly in cosmopolitan genera, as Der- 

 mestes ; and I know of no species identical with a European one. 



I have not met with any species showing relation to a purely Australian genus. 



On the whole, I would sum up the character of the Coleoptera of Old Calabar as 

 indicating a distinct fauna, mainly impressed with the West-African character; pos- 

 sessing none, or next to none, of the epigeal species either of Africa or any other 

 country, such as Ant Ma, epigeal Tenebrionidse, &c. ; having very little connexion 

 with the South-African fauna, and still less with that of North Africa and Europe, 

 and, taking its proximity into account, a surprising want of the species common at no 

 great distance in point of latitude along the Gold Coast, but separated from Old 

 Calabar by the mighty floods of the Niger ; having considerable affinity with the eastern 

 coast of Equatorial Africa, some examples of affinity with the East-Indian district, and 

 a few but distinct and most interesting relations with South America. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLVII. 



Fig. Species from America. Fig. Species from Old Calabar. 



1. Galerita unicolor, i)ej. Spec. gen. des Coleopt. 1 a. Galerita femoralis, Murr. Ann. Nat. Hist. 



—Trinidad. 



2. Lia affinis, Lap. — Brazil. 2 a. Lia clavicornis, Murr. Ann. Nat. Hist. 



3. Goniotropis castanea, Dej. Spec. gen. des 3 a. Go?MO^roj9is W^y/ei, Murr. Ann. Nat. Hist. 



Coleopt. — New Granada. 



4. Stenochia violacea, Fab. Syst. Eleuth.— Brazil. 4 a. Stenochia longipennis, n. sp. 



5. Actenodes chalibeitarsis, Chev. — Mexico. 5 a. Belionota Championi, n. sp. 



6. PsUo2)tera equestris, Olbf. — Brazil. 6 «. Lampetis piperata, n. sp. 



7. Parandra brunnea, Fab. Syst. Eleuth. — North 7 «• Paratub-a beninensis, n. sj). 



America. 



8. Polyosa Lacordairei, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. 8 a. Dorycera spinicornis, Fab. Syst. Eleuth. 

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