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The male lias the prouotum less strong-ly piuictured; the abdomen witli a dee]) and rather broad impression on
the under side ; the stria) of the elytra rather deeper than in the female; the fore tibia; are obtusely bidentate,
and the hind tibiis have a brush of strong setfe on the posterior half of the inner edg-e.
SPECIES G ( 6 1 ) — C C E N O G H I L U S C A S T I W E U S .
P LAT E X I , F IG. 9.
Oblongo-ovatus castaneus nitidus; oapite inter ooulos biimpresso, et carina elevata temd transversa postiea
notato; prothorace antice et postice truncate, lateribus rotundatis, disco medio biimpresso et Hnea media
impressa cum fossnlis duabus postieis notato ; elytris crebre punetatissimis et subeostatis ; femoribus antieis ante
apicem profunde emarginatis.
Long . corp. lin. ; lat. humer. elytr. lin. S J .
Habi t a t ; Abyssinia. In Mus . Mniszeeh, Parisiis.
This species is distinguished by its castaneons colour, and by the fore tibi® being very strong and armed
mt h a tooth preceding a strong notch near the extremity. The head is rather mde , rounded at the sides and
slightly emarginate in f ront ; it has two round impressions between the front of the eyes, and a slender raised
ridge between their hinder part. The prothorax is one- skth wider than long, and the elytra are slightly more
than twice the length of the prothorax, and are as long as one and two-fifths of the width of the shoulders of
the elytra. The anterior lateral angles of the prothorax are acute, and the hind ones rounded of!'; there is a
slight longitudinal sulcus down the middle of the prothorax, with two slight impressions near the middle of
the disc, and two transverse oval ones opposite the sides of the scutellum. The head and pronotum are covered
with fine round punctures, and the elytra are finely eicatrieose-punctured and but slightly costated. The
body beneath is covered n-ith fulvous hairs, short on the abdomen, but long and thick on the metasternnm,
and also on the under side of the femora. The abdomen in the only specimen I have seen (which, from its
bidentate anterior tibia;, I consider to be a female, notwithstanding the strong notched fore femora) is convex,
and the podex is also convex.
SPECIES 8 ( 5 3 )—CCENOGHI LUS A F A L I S .
P LAT E X I I , F IG. 1 0 .
Niger, subnitidus, parce setosus; elytris setis parvis brevissimis inter strias ; capite et pronoto punetatissimis;
elytris striis cjninque discoidalibus ad humeros hand extensis; pronoto subcirculari, striola tenui impressa in
medio partis posticaa impressionibusqne duabus postieis, ano fa;mina3 binodoso.
Long. corp. hn. 5^.
Habi t a t ; Natalia. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonite et Mniszeeh.
SYN. : Cainoehilus analis. Westw. MS ; Harold et Gemminger, Gat. Col. p. 1336.
Oblong, snbcylindrical, black, slightly g los sy; the head covered with small punctures, which are sometimes
confluent; a slender transverse carina between the eyes ; the antennas pitchy, the basal joint clothed sparingly
with grey seta;. The prothorax is nearly circular, convex, minutely and thickly punctured; the lateral margins
almost destitute of a thickened edge; a slender channel runs down the middle of the hind part, with two small
transverse impressions near the posterior angles. The scutellum is thickly punctured at its base, its apex being
obliquely striolated. The elytra are thickly punctured, the punctures small but very irregular in size; they
are slightly sulcated longitudinally, and each has on its disc five duplicated stria;, not extending either to the
base or apex of the elytra, and not reaching to the shoulders; the outer stiise being most indistinct and
somewhat catenated. The pygidium is thickly punctured. The body beneath is marked with transverse
punctures; it is setose, the metasternum being more thickly clothed with seta;. The pygidium of the male
is convex, and preceded by a short segment slightly produced in the centre and setose along its posterior margin
(fig. 10c, seen from behind; 10f?, seen sideways); that of the female is more angulated when seen laterally
(fig. 10 ¿), and has two raised tubercles on its disc, the short preceding joint being bisinuated (fig. 10 a). The
abdomen of the male has its extremity curved and deflexed, rather flattened, but not in the least channelled
down the middle of the basal segments on the ventral surface.
SPECIES 7 (62)—CCENOGHILUS APPENDIGULATUS.
PLATE X I I I , FIG. 2.
' Elongatus parallelns, totus rufo-brunneus, nitidus ; prothorace a;qualiter disperse punetulato, basi leviter
bifoveolato ; elytris obsolete costatis, secundum suturam depressis, ante apicem albo-setulosis ; tibiis antieis submuticis,
postieis intus late dentatis.'
Long. corp. 1 9 i mill.
Habitat ; Zanzibar ad Endara. In Mus . Reg. Berol.
STX. : C'isnocUlus appendiculatus. Gerstaecker, Beitr. Ins. Zanzibar, in Wiegman. Arch. f. Naturg. (vol. xxxiii.
p. 39-)
A Cmi. manro Pah., Burmeister, Handb. Ent . iv. p. 568, statura minore neenon capitis prothoracisque
sculptnra subtiliore distinctus ; a Cfea. glahrato, Bohem. (Ins. Caffr. ii. p. 50, n. 743), inter alia j am colore
diserepans.
Caput^ frequenter sed vix rugoso-punctatum vertice transverso elevato, fronte eonvexa, iitrinque longitudmaliter
impressa ; clypeo distinete trisinuato, parcius punetulato, nitido. Prothorax suborbicnlaris, basi
subtruncatus, ante scutellum sinuatus, ibique foveolis duabus transversis lavibus signatus ; supra deplanatus,
undique disperse punctulatus, intra marginem lateralem subreflexum punctis nonnullis majoribus et in disco
Imea abbreviata subtilissima vix impressa instructus. Scutellum disperse punctulatum, medio fere la;ve, scapula;
squamoso-strigata;. Coleoptera latitudine plus dimidio longiora, suturam versus ultra medium usque fortiter
deohvia, singula parum profande bisulcata, inter suleos uni-, per discum pluri-seriatim punctata, pone excisionem
lateralem leviter cicatricoso-impressa, ante apicem setulis nonnullis crassis brevibus obsita. Pygidium obtuserotuudatum
convexum confertissime transversim aeiculatum. Processus ]n-osternalis, femora anteriora subtus,
tibi® intemedia; intus ferrugineo-fimbriata;. Pectus punctatissimum ; abdomen la;ve, lateribus cum coxis
postieis aeiciilatis. Tibia; antica; apice triangulariter ampliata; sub calcare intus breviter ferrugineo-fasciculatic,
postica; in margine interno dente amplissimo, late truncate, instrueta;, extus ante apicem emarginata;.'
SPECIES 9 ( 5 4 )—G C E N O C H I L U S C A L C A E A T U S .
PLAT® X I I , F IG. 3.
Elongatus, angustus,niger, nitidus; minute pimctatissimus; oapite antice parum emarginato; prothorace fere
cireulari, linea tenui media dorsali, et versus humeros elytrorum biimpresso ; elytris dorso parum convexo, sutura
striolisque duabus prope suturam in singulo impressis, disco cicatriculis minutis elongatis notato ; tibus duabus
postieis brevissimis crassis, subtus ad apicem spina valida curvata, tibiarum longitudine armatis, calcaribus valde
elongatis. $ .
Long. corp. lin. 1 0 ; lat. elytr. lin.
Habi t a t ; Sierra Leone et Old Calabar (Poxcroft.) In Mus . Britann. et Parry.
The upper surface of this very distinct species is black and moderately g los sy; the head is of moderate
size; the disc slightly convex, with a shallow impression on each side behind the base of the antenna;; the
fore margin is emargiiiate with the lateral angles rounded; it is rugose, being closely covered with minute
punctures; the antenna; are pitchy black, the basal joint marked with curved striola; on the outside, setose at
the tip and under s ide; the first joint of the elava is marked with an oval impression on the outside near the
middle, filled with minute setie. The maxilla; (fig. 3 « ) are armed witli two strong triangular teeth on the
apical lobe, the inner lobe is also bidentate; the inentum (fig. 3 b) is oblong, terminated in front by two rounded
lobes, the junction forming an acute impression between them. The prothorax is nearly circular, being slightly
widest behind the middle; the lateral margins are distinct, but very slightly elevated. The disc is convex,
with a flne impressed longitudinal line down the middle of the posterior half of the pronotum, and opposite
the humeral angles of each elytron is a rather deep marginal impression. The disc is closely covered with
small distinct round punctures. The elytra are moderately convex on the disc, the suture itself, and two
longitudinal stria; on each elytron near the suture, being considerably impressed: there is also a rather deep
impression within each humeral angle, behind which is also an abbreviated longitudinal but slight impression.
The disc is moderately marked with minute longitudinal punctures, very shallow and incomplete behind, which
become shorter and more confused toward the sides.