WEST AFRICAN' HISTERIDAE 



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PachycrGerus cyanescens ¥a\ 

 Epitoxus corycceus Lewis. 



xibrceus setiger sp. n. 



Saprinus crucAatus Fabr. 



» per interruptus Mars. 

 » semipunctatus Fabr. 

 » gabonensis Mars. 

 » cupreus Er. 



> hceres sp. n. 

 Pelorurus fece sp. n. 

 Epiechinus novemcostatus ìs\i\t^. 



» laceratus Sch. 



Apol^letes maeei' sp. n. 



Oblong O'Ovatus, para//^/ws, depressus ; fronte punctata, 

 styna transversa integra; elytris striis 1-3 iiitegris, 4 basi 

 obsolete abbreviata, ante medium sinuata, 5 apicali brevi; 

 pygidio dense ocellato punctato , postice marginato ; tibiis 

 anticis 3-4 dentatis. - Lo7ig. 3 mill. 



Oblong oval, depressed, black and shining; the head is impressed 

 anteriorly , transverse stria fine but complete , sm-face is closeh^ 

 punctured with small and ratlier large points intermixed, at the 

 sides the smaller points preponderate and the larger are chiefly 

 ])efore the neck, the mandibles are also punctured ; the thorax has 

 an extremely fine punctuation chiefly seen behind the anterior 

 angle, tlie marginal stria is complete; the elytra striae 1-3 com- 

 plete, 4 obscurely shortened at the base and a little sinuous 

 before the middle, o short and apical; the j)ropygidium is irre- 

 gularly punctured, the points are not always close together and 

 vary in size and all are not comj)letely circular ; the pygidium is 

 evenly, coarsely and closely punctate, the points under the mi- 

 croscope appear ocellate; the prosternum is not striate; the me- 

 sosternum is sinuous and markedly marginate. 



In size and outline this species resembles A. amphibius Mars. 



Hab. Baliia do Ceste, Principe Island, Gulf of Guinea. 



Ooalis, convexus, punctulatus, niger, nitidus; fronte stria 

 leviter sinuata; i^ronoto stria laterali interna post oculos 

 interrupta , externa ad angulum evanescenti ; elytris striis 

 didymis, 1-4 suturalique integris, 5 basi paulo abbreviata 

 apice distincte sinuata; tibiis anticis 3-dentatis. 



Long. 9-10 mill. 



OoiitipuiS si linos us sp. ii. 



