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crassatis et dentatis. Posticis valde incurvis, cla- 

 vatis et intus fortiter serratis. Habitat in Sierra 

 Leona. This remarkable insect I purchased at 

 Lee's sale ; it was labelled by Fabricius as a New- 

 Genus. The Serratus of the same author is a 

 pigmy compared with it; and as it appears un- 

 described I name it Fabricii, in honour of that 

 illustrious Entomologist. 



Prioscelis Fabricii, Hope. 



Long. Lin. 18, Lat. Lin. 7. Ater, thorace glabro, 

 elytris elongatis et striatis, tibiis incurvis et serratis. 



Antenna moniliformes extrorsum crassiores arti- 

 culis quinque ultimis magnitudine increscentibus et 

 fusco pubescentibus. Caput postice rugosum antice 

 tuberculo fere medio conspicuum. Thorax mar- 

 ginatus glaber. Elytra elongata striatopunctata. 

 Corpus infra nigrum femoribus anticis incrassatis 

 canaliculars et dentatis Tibiae anticae et posticae 

 incurvae, mediis fere rectis. In Museo Dom. Hope, 

 Habitat in Sierra Leona. The Iphius serratus of 

 De Jean is quite a distinct species, differing greatly 

 in its thorax, sculpture, and in various other points. 



Sp. 7, Digitatus. — Type of the genus Chiroscelis 

 of Lamarck. This species, or one closely allied to 

 it, has been stated to occur in New Holland. I 

 doubt its occurrence in that locality, possessing a 

 very extensive collection from that quarter, and 

 never having received anything at all allied to it. 

 I am inclined to doubt the authority. 



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