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Show 1892.] COLEOPTERA FROM CENTRAL AFRICA. 93 14. PACHYTOMA OBSCURA, n. sp. Obscure ferrugineo-testacea; scutello, corpore subtus, pedibus antennisque (his basi testaceis exceptis) nigris; prothoraas lateribus a basi usque ad tertiam partem anticam divergentibus, deinde convergentibus ; elytris crebre punctulatis. Resembles P. gigantea, Illig., but differs from this and the other species known to me by the shape of the pronotum, which narrowest at the base, gradually widens up to about the anterior third or fourth, thence narrowing again to the apex. The last ventral segment of the abdomen in the female has a rather deep longitudinal pit or groove along the middle of the apical half of the segment. 15. ORNITHOGNATHUS GENEROSUS, Thorns. Family HISPID^. (By H. S. Gorham, F. Z.S.) 16. C R Y P T O N Y C H U S MURRAYI, Baly. Cryptonychus murrayi, Baly, Cat. Hisp. p. 76, t. 6. f. 5. One example and one var. The variety has the thorax narrower, more thickly punctured all over the surface, with confluent elongate, sculpture ; the elytra have a large dorsal black patch, widest in the middle and extending to the sides, and the apex more narrowly black than in the type ; and the whole upper surface is more opaque. It possibly represents a different species. All the species of Cryptonychus hitherto described have been trom the West Coast of Africa ; the specimens of the late Mr. Murray are now in my collection. Family CASSID^. (By H. S. Gorham, F.Z.S.) 17. A S P I D O M O R P H A SPECTABILIS, Bohem. Aspidomorpha spectabilis, Bohem. Mon. ii. p. 245. A single specimen. 18. ASPIDOMORPHA TIGRINA, Oliv. Aspidomorpha tigrina, Oliv. Ent. vi. no. 97, p. 957, t. 5. f. 8. 19. ASPIDOMORPHA WESTERMANNI, Bohem. Aspidomorpha westermanni, Bohem. Mon. ii. 262. This is the female of A. quadrimaculata, Oliv., sec. Gemm. and Harold, Cat. A single specimen. 20. ASPIDOMORPHA STOLATA, Bohem. Aspidomorpha stolata, Bohem. Mon. ii. p. 274. Several specimens referable to this or a closely allied species. |
