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Show 90 REV. H. S. GORHAM AND MR. C. T. GAHAN ON [Feb. 2, translucent spaces of the thorax it ought rather to be placed in the genus Diaphanes. The thorax is shorter and has the hind angles less produced than is usual in this genus ; the apical ventral plate and the pygidium are yellow; the head, breast, and the extreme base of the legs are yellow, but clouded in parts with fuscous. One specimen. EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. Fig. 1. Eumorphus lucidus, £, p. 87. 2. Prionispa pidchella, p. 84. 3. Amphisternus armatus, p. 86. 4. Eumorphus tumescens, 3. P- 86. 5. Asmonax whiteheadi, p. 85. 6. Xylobanus reticulatus, p. 88. 7. Pyrocozlia collar is, p. 89. 8. Diaphanes apicalis, p. 89. 9. Vesta aurantiaca, p. 89. 3. On the Coleoptera collected by Mr. W. Bonny in the Aruwimi Valley, Central Africa. By the Rev. H. S. GORHAM, F.Z.S., and C. T. GAHAN, M.A. [Eeceived December 23, 1891.] In the following paper the Coleoptera of the families Cleridse, Bostrychidae, Chrysomelidae, Galerucidae, Cassidae, Hispidae, Erotylidae, and Ccccinellidae collected by Mr. "W. Bonny during the Emin Relief Expedition are noticed and the presumed new species are described, in continuation of the accounts already furnished by Mr. Bates (P. Z. S. 1890, pp. 479-492, and Mr. Champion, pp. 637- 646). The species of which examples were represented were not numerous, but the same remarkable coincidence specifically with the Coleoptera of the West Coast, especially of Old Calabar, will be noticed. The Phytophaga, with the exception of the Cassidae and Hispidae, have been kindly worked out by M r . Gahan of the British Museum. Family CLERIDSE. 1. C Y L I D R U S FASCIATUS, Laporte. Cylidrus fasciatus, Laporte, Cast. Silb. Rev. iv. p. 35. Var. B. SPINOL^E. While the type of this species is from Senegal, the var. B is recorded from Madagascar. It is also in m y collection from Natal. Family BOSTRYCHIDAE. 2. A P A T E T E R E B R A N S , Pallas. Apate terebans, Pallas, Spicil. Zool., Ins. p. 7. 3. APATE sp. inc. Probably A. productus, Imhoff. |
