Chapter XXX: Appendix: No. IV

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REPTILIA. (REPTILES.)

_Gen._ MONITOR, _Cuvier._

_Sp._ 1. _Pulcher_, _Leach._

M. Supra niger albo pulcherrime zonatus et maculatus: zonis
dorsalibus e maculis effectis, ventre albido nigro transversim vage
lineato, cauda compressa carinata.

This elegant species was found in Fantee. The whole upper parts of
the body, the legs and tail, are black, most beautifully banded and
spotted with white. The bands on the tail are alternately wide and
narrow; the wider bands are each much and abruptly dilated above
into a kind of spot, whilst the narrow ones become gradually wider
in the inverse direction. The legs are spotted above with white; the
under parts of them, as well as of the belly and throat, are also of
the same colour with the spots.

_Gen._ CHAMÆLEON, _of authors._

_Sp._ 1. _Dilepis_, _Leach._

Ch. Capite supra sub plano utrinque bicarinato: carinis antice
conniventibus, occipite utrinque squama magna instructo, dorso
subspinoso-carinato.

This species may readily be distinguished from all that have been
hitherto discovered, by the two large scales, affixed one on each
side to the back part of the head. These scale-like processes, are
covered by the same scaly integuments which cover the head and body.

_Gen._ ACONTIAS, _Cuvier._

_Sp._ 1. _Punctatus_, _Leach._

A. Supra brunneo-fuscus obsolete purpurascens, squamis postice
macula ventreque fulvescentibus.

Fantee.

_Gen._ MACROSOMA, _Leach._

1. _Elegans, Leach._

Coluber elegans, _Shaw._

Fantee.

_Gen._ COLUBER, _Cuvier._

1. _Bicolor_, _Leach._

C. Supra badio-niger subtus albidus, squamis dorsalibus elongatis
gradatim angustioribus; apice obtusiusculis.

Fantee.

2. _Irroratus_, _Leach._

C. Badio-fuscus, gula pallida, squamis pulcherrime albido irroratis;
dorsalibus subelongatis apice rotundatis.

Fantee.

3. _Irregularis_, _Leach._

C. Azureo-virescens, ventre albido, squamis simplicibus
irregularibus: dorsalibus ovatis: lateralibus superioribus superne
truncatis; inferis subhexagonis.

Fantee.

The above three species of _Coluber_ are decidedly new, as well as
the _Acontias_; the latter is more particularly interesting, since
it encreases the species of a very limited genus.

ARACHNOÏDA.

_Gen._ SCORPIO, _of authors._

_Sp._ 1. _Afer_, _Fabr._

_Gen._ MYGALE, _Latreille._

The only specimen was too mutilated to enable me to make out its
specific character.

MYRIAPODA.

Of this class you found two species in Fantee; a _Scolopendra_, and
a gigantic _Julus_; neither of which are in a sufficiently good
state to enable me to make out whether they be described or not.

INSECTA.

_Gen._ TEFFLUS, _Leach_, new genus.

Generic character.

CAPUT. _Mandibulæ_ æquales edentulæ. _Palpi labiales_ et _maxillares
externi_ articulo ultimo elongato-securiformi.

THORAX hexagonus antice et postice rectus. _Alæ_ nullæ. _Elytra_
coalita abdomen tegentia apicem versus utrinque sinuata. _Tibiæ_
anticæ latere interiore apicem versus emarginatæ calcare elevato
instructæ. _Tarsi antici_ MARIS articulis duobus primis tenuiter
dilatatis.

Habitus et Antennæ Carabi.

_Sp._ 1. _Meyerlei_.

Carabus Meyerlei, _Fabr. Syst. Eleut._ i. 169.—_Voet. col._ ii.
_tab._ 39, _f._ 49.

_Gen._ ODONTOMERUS, _Dahl._

_Sp._ 1. _Serratus_.

Buprestis serratus, _Fabr._

Fantee.

_Gen._ CETONIA, _of authors._

_Sp._ 1. _Marginata_, _Fabr._

Fantee.

_Gen._ PHYLLOTOMA, _Wm. MacLeay, MSS._

_Sp._ 1. _Reflexa_.

Melolontha reflexa, _Fabr._

Fantee.

_Gen._ HELOPS, _Fabr._

_Sp._ 1. _Marginatus_, _Olivier_.

Fantee.

_Gen._ UPIS? _Fabr._

_Sp._ 1. Cuprea.

Tenebrio Cupreus, _Fabr._

Fantee.

_Gen._ LAMIA, _Fabr._

_Sp._ 1. Tri-fasciata, _Fabr._

Fantee. This species is also found at Sierra Leone, and in the Back
Settlements of the Cape of Good Hope.

_Gen._ PETROGNATHA, _Leach._

Character

_Caput_ thorace paulo latius. _Antennæ_ (_maris_ corpore duplo
longiores et ultra,) articulo secundo longiore flexuoso. _Labrum_
lineare transversum nudum utrinque rotundatum. _Mandibulæ_ petrosæ
(MARIS interne apicem versus obtuse unidentatæ,) infra et externe
irregulariter carinatas. _Palpi maxillares_ et _labiales_ articulo
ultimo basi subattenuato, apice externe oblique truncato-acuminato.

THORAX transversus utrinque 1-spinosus. _Elytra_ humeris 1-spinosis,
apiceque ad saturam spinoso-subproducto.

_Sp._ 1. _Gigas_.

Lamia Gigas, _Fabr._

Fantee.

_Gen._ CALLICHROMA, _Latreille._

_Sp._ 1. _Festivum_.

Cerambyx festivus, _Oliv. Fabr._

Fantee.

_Gen._ MANTIS.

_Sp._ 1. _Superstitiosa_, _Fabr_.

Fantee

This species, as well as its congeners, is an object of
superstitious veneration amongst the natives of north-western
Africa, Syria, and India. It agrees in all points with the original
specimen of _Superstitiosa_, so named by Fabricius in the Banksian
Cabinet.

_Gen._ GRYLLUS, _Fabr._

_Sp._ 1. _Squarrosus_, _Fabr._

Fantee.

_Gen._ REDUVIUS, _Fabr._

_Sp._ 1. _Barbicornis_, _Fabr._

Fantee.

I have received this species from the Cape of Good Hope.

_Gen._ CANOPUS, _Rodhe._

_Sp._ 1. _Punctatus_, _Leach._

Supra olivaceo-ater impresso-punctulatus rubro punctatus, subtus
ruber segmentis marginibus stigmatibus tibiis tarsisque nigris,
capite rubro irrorato.

Gaboon.