16 H. J. Kolhe: neue Coleoptera 



Carabidae. 



1. Chlaenius occultans. Subaeneo-niger, nitidus, suhtilis- 

 sime vel vix sericeus, capite viridi-aeneo, thorace ohscuriore, sat 

 lato, ad basin fortiter et densius, antice multo remotius inmctato, 

 ante marginem posticum sat longitudinaliter biimpresso ; elytris 

 nigris, vix aeneis, sat profunde striatis, interstitiis dense granu- 

 lato-punctidatis, 4. et 6. postice parva macula singida flava no- 

 tatis; ])edibus rufo-testaceis, tarsis, antennis, palpis rufo-ferru- 

 gineis. — Long. 14 mm. — ^alie mit Ch. Bohemanni verwandt. 



2. Chlaenius guineensis. Viridi-aeneus, elytris obscure 

 vel ohscuro-coeruleo-viridibus, opacis, antrorsum viridescentibus, 

 leviter serieeis, macula majore, satis pone ^medium, posita, irre- 

 gidari, flava; thorace angustato, creberrime et grosse punctata, 

 latitudine fere longiore, postice distincte attenuato; elytris punc- 

 tato-striatis, interstitiis dense et sulrugulose punctulatis; antennis 

 fusco-rufis, artictdis 3 primis, palpis pedibusque testaceis. — Long. 



11,5 mm. — Dem Ch. coecus sehr ähnlich. 



3. Megalonychus suhaeneus. O bscurus, cap ite th oraceque 

 nitidis, hoc aeneo-virente, illo coerideo vel viridi-coerideo, elytris 

 obscure fusco-aeneis ; thoracis angidis posticis distinctis, obtusis; 

 elytris punctata -striatis, interstitiis planis, tertio eomm puncto 

 unico significato; corpore subtus nigro, pedibus antennisque te- 

 staceis. — Long. 11 mm. — Mit M. patroboides und angolensis 

 sehr nahe verwandt. 



4. Hypolithus tnurinus. Nigro-fuscus, opacus, thoracis 

 limbo laterali rufescente, elytris sat profunde striatis, interstitiis 

 leviter sid>convexis ; thorace ad marginem lateralem postice recto, 

 angidis posticis leviter obtusis, pedibus testaceis. — Long. 10,5 mm. 

 — Sehr nahe mit H. holosericeus Dj. verwandt. 



5. Dioryche ludifica. Obscura, atra, parum nitida, vioc 

 aeneo -nigra, lateribus corporis supra serieeis; antennis fuscis, 

 articulis 1. testaceo, 2. brunneo, pedibus brunneo-, abdomineque 

 nigropiceis; capite fere rugulose et dense punctato, thorace rugu- 

 lis densatis, haud vastis, punctisque distinctioribus , profundis, 

 inaequalibus cribrato, linea discoidali, antice et postice valde 

 abbreviata, per longitudinem leviter impressa; elytris profunde 

 striatis, striis vix conspicue punctulatis, interstitiis alternis le- 

 viter altioribus. — Long. 7,5 mm. — Der D. Thunbergi nahe- 

 stehend. 



