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SPECIES 5 (25)—CYMOPHOEUS LATICOLLIS. Westw.
PLATE VIII, Fic. 8.
C. niger iiitidus ; capite et pronoto crebre punetatis, hoc lato lateribus ante medium rotuudatisj pone medium
fere reetis parallelis, marg-iuibus ¡ateralibus albido-serioeis, serieie ad ang-nlos laterales sentelli extensa, impressionibus
duabns striolatis prope ang-ulos postioos ; elytris eosta irregulari media glaberrima, impressionibusque
duabns, una subhumerali altera pone medium striolatis; striolisqne quatnor graeillimis, macula parva albida
pone medium elytrornm versus latus, aliaque minuta prope basin sutura?, apicibus etiam albidis ; pygidio carina
media acuta longitudinali instructo, clava antennarum ferruginea. Tibiai anticre fccminEe ad apieem externe
dilatataj, et subbifidse. Abdomen infra in eodem sexu valde convexnm.
Long. corp. lin. 4.
Habitat; Africa. In Mus. Com. Mniszecb, Parisiis.
SPECIES 6 (26)—CYMOPHORIIg INTBUSUS.
PEATE VIII, Pia. 7.
' Augustus, piceus : prothorace crebre punctato, immaeulato, basi bi-cxcavata ; elj'tris pieeo-rubris versus
suturam bi-strigosis, medio lateribus infraque humeros profunde eseavatis ; pygidio carinato, acuto ; pedibus
abdomineque piceo-rubris.'
Long. 10 mill.
Habitat ; Africa austral, orient. In Mus. Parisiis.
S™. : Ptycliophoi-us htírums. Blancliard, Coll. Ent. Mus. Paris, 1850, p. 43 ; Westw. MS ; iScliaum, Verz. Lam.
Melit. p. 60.
SPECIES 7 (27)—CYMOPHORUS SEMILUCTUOSUS.
' Niger, punctatus ; capite albo maculato, prothorace convexo, limbo externo dentato^ punctisque duobus
báseos cum seapulis albis : elytris bistrigosis, exeavatis, fascia maculari abbreviata, mediana, margine externo
bidentato, puncto humerali, punetoque apieis albis.'
Long. 10 mill.
Habitat; Caffraria. In Mus, Parisiis.
SYN. : Ftychoplm-us semiluctuosus. Blancliard, Cat. Coll. Ent. Mus. Paris, 1850, p, 43.
SPECIES 8 (28)—CYMOPHOIIUS SPINIVENTEIS.
Niger nitidus punctatus ; elava antennarum ferruginea ; clypeo brevi quadrato ; prothorace trapezoidali,
ntrincpie vitta marginali albida sericea postice dilatata et fere ad scutellum intus extensa (ubi in impressionepi
profuudam desinet), prosterno spina porreeta ante coxas antieas armato ; elytr-is parallelis profunde punetatis
apice quadratis, singulo versus liumerum impressione magna trigona alteraque ovali media discoidali notato ;
disco fulvo strida laterali media, guttis 4-subsuturalibus, apieibuscpie albidis ; pygidio spinoso albo-bimaeulato,
spiraculisque duabus nltimis conico-elevatis.
Long. corp. lin. 3-4.
Habitat ; Senegal. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxoniffi, etc.
SYJJ, : Cremasi, spiniventer. Gory et Perdi. Mon. Get. p. 121, pi. XVII, fig. 2. ; Eurmeister, Handb. iii. p. 647.
Cetonia sjponsa. Dej. Cat. Ed. iii. p. 193.
SPECIES 9 (29) -CYMOPHOEUS UNDATUS.
PLATE VIII, FIG. 3 ( ? ).
Oblongo-obovatus, niger vel piceus nitidus, parum convexus, squamulis fulveseentibus vel allndis subtus
confertius dense obsitus ; capite snborbiculato, punctato, prothoraceque confertissime granulato scabro, liujus
basi, utrinque, transversim impressa ; elytris laeunosis, punctulatissimis, intus bistriatis, striis laivibus ; disco
longitudinaHter in cariuam obtusam undatam elevato, esteriore biimpresso ; tibiis anticis extus inermibus, extrinsecus
striatulis ; pygidio in cornu breve triang-ulare acuto producto, spiraenlis 3 ultimis conicis.
Long. corp. liu. 4- 5 ; lat. 2-2J.
Habitat ; Caffraria tota, frequenter visus. In Mns. Hopeiano Oxoma3.
SYN. : Cymophorus midahis. Kirby, Zool. Jom-n. iii. p. 153, pi. V, fig. 6 (nee Eurmeister nee Scliaum in Anuales
1845, p. 53) ; Boheman, Ins. CaflV. pars ii. p. 46; Schaum, Germar Zeitsclir. iii. p. 274.
The type specimen of this species is now contained in the Hopeian Collection at Oxford. It is a male, with
the anterior tibias simple on the outer margin, and the abdomen deeply channelled on its ventral surface. It is
entirely pitchy coloured, with luteous scales. My figure of the female is taken from a fine specimen of that
sex sent (with a male) from the Royal Museum of Stockholm, for my examination, by the kindness of Prof. Boheman.
The male wants the two small dots on the elytra. The female has an oblong impression down the
middle of the metasternum, and the third and fourth segments of the abdomen beneath have a small impression
in the middle of the hind margin. There has been some confusion between the names of this species and
C. leucostiehis, which Dr. Schaum cleared up in the Anuales Soc. Ent . France for 1844, p. 395.
GEN. 6—RHAGOPTERYX.
Eurmeister, Handb. iii. 1832, p. 649.
Corpus oblongo-ovatum nitidum metallicum ; clypeus margine antico reflexo-elevato. Antenna) articulo
primo parvo. Mandibulíe validaj coriieaj in apice aduncas; membranula interna rotundata cibata. Maxillaj galea
crassa uncinata simpliei ; mandonis dente brevi crasso oblique exciso, snbbidentato. Mentum oblongnm (fig. 9 a,
9 ¿ idem e latere visura) extus longitudinaliter gibbnni ; antiee oblique trnncatum, apice fere recto. Pronotum
trapezoidale lateribus arcuatis, basi bis angulata, in ipsis angulis foveolata. Elytra inceqnalia, singulo carina
irregulari obtusa longitudinali impressionibusque duabus notato. Pygidium carinatum. Spiraeula duo ultima
conoidea. Tibias anticíe snbbidentatas (fig. 9 e). Tarsi 5-articnlati.
SPECIES 1 (30)—RHAGOPTERYX BRAHMA.
PLATE VILI, Fio, 9,
ObloDgo-ovata punctata, viridi-bronzea, rufo-tincta, nitida ; clypeo brevi antiee reflexo ; prothorace subhexagono,
antiee angustiori, pnnctatissimo, et versus scutelli ángulos antieos bifoveolato ; elytris postice angustatis ;
in medio irregulariter earinatis, singulo striolis 4 (per paria dispositis) prope suturam ; lateribus transversim
striolatis ; segmento ultimo abdominali spiraenlis eoniois ; pygidio in medio earinato et utrinque angulatoproducto.
Long. corp. lin. 4.
Habitat ; Java. In Mns. Hopeiano Oxonia).
SYS. : Cremast. Brahma. Gory et Pcrch. Mon. Cet. p. 120, pi. XVII, fig, 3; Eurmeister, Handb, üi, p. 650;
Gcu, Ins. ISTo. 38, fig. 1-7.
The body beneath is polished, ajneous with a coppery tinge, the mesosternal muero separated from the
metasternum by a transversely sinnated impressed line, and with an impressed longitudinal line down its centre.
The abdomen beneath is convex, with the sides of the segments marked with oval slightly impressed punctures.