PRIONID^E. 15 



tborace subtus pilis sericeis flavescentibus tecto; tibiis pilis 

 brevibus fiilvis postice tectis. 



Head blackisb brown, witb the mandibles serrated along the 

 inner margin, punctured and somewhat hairy on the outside; 

 face before and between the base of the antennae with many fer- 

 ruginous hairs ; space between the eyes tortuously undulated and 

 with an impressed line down the middle. Eyes above and below 

 distant from each other. Thorax smooth above, somewhat punc- 

 tured, with three slight elevations in the middle. Scutellum 

 smooth. Elytra smooth, punctured just behind the base ; under 

 side covered with yellowish silky brown hairs. Tibiae behind 

 covered with short fulvous hairs. Under side of abdomen smooth. 



Length 28 lines. 

 Hab. S. Africa. 



3. ACANTHOPHORUS YoLOFUS. B.M. 



Prionus Yolofus, Dalman, Schcenh. Syn. Ins. i. 3, App. 149. 

 Acanthophorus Palinii, Hope, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. 1843, 366? 

 Hab. W. Africa (Sierra Leone). 



4. Acanthophorus longipennis. 



Acanthophorus longipennis, Hope, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. xi. 



1843, 366. 

 Hab. W. Africa (Sierra Leone). 



5. Acanthophorus maculatus. B.M. 



Prionus maculatus, Fabr. S. El. ii. 259. 



Oliv. Col. iv. t. 4. f. 14. 

 Acanthophorus maculatus, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 152. 

 Hab. W. Africa. 



6. Acanthophorus confinis. B.M. 



Acanthophorus confinis, Dej. Cat. 341. 



Laporte, An. Art. ii. 395. 

 Hab. W. Africa and Port Natal. 



7. Acanthophorus megalops, n. s. B.M. 



A. elytris submaculatis ; capite linea brevi cervicali elevata; oculis 

 subtus proximis supra approximatis ; thoracis dorso scabro, 

 marginibus anticis et posticis pilis ferrugineis fimbriatis ; ely- 

 trorum parte humerali scabriuscula, ; thorace subtus ferrugineo- 

 hirto ; abdomine laevi. 



Head with the eyes approaching on the upper side of the head 

 and meeting on the under side ; an abbreviated raised line on 

 the crown of the head extending to behind the eyes, with two 



