14 SJÖSTEDTS KILIMANDJARO-MERU EXPEDITION. 7: 2. 



Pachylister iiigrita Ee. 



KiUmandjaro: Kibonoto-steppe and in the region of culture, aug., sept., oct. 

 — Meru: at the river Ngare na nyuki, oct., dec, 1905; 9 sp. 



Pachylister caffer Er. 



KiUmandjaro: Kibonoto-steppe, aug., oct.; J'?. 



Hister adjectus Mars. 



KiUmandjaro: Kibonoto-steppe, 2 X 05; 1 sp. 



Hister tropicus Payk. 

 KiUmandjaro: Kibonoto-steppe and in the region of culture, aug., sept. — 

 üferw-steppe, at the river Ngare na nyuki, oct. 1905, 7 sp. 



Hister pyxidatus Lew. 

 KiUmandjaro: Kibonoto, region of culture. 



Hister vadatus n. sp. 



Ovalis, convexus, niger nitidus; fronte Stria antice recta; pronoto bistriato; 

 elytris, striis 1—4 integris, 5 obsoleta, suturali utrinque abbreviata; propygidio pygi- 

 dioque punctatis: mesosterno stria marginali in medio interrupta; tibiis anticis 3- 

 dentatis, apicali dente immani. 



L. 7 miU. 



Oval, convex, black and shining; the head, frontal stria complete, straight 

 anteriorly and rounded off on either side; the thorax, marginal stria very fine, two 

 lateral well-marked and parellel to each other, the outer stria terminates behind the 

 eye, inner continued behind the head; the elytra, humeral stria wanting, dorsal 1—4 

 complete, 5 indicated by a few apical points, sutural abbreviated at both ends, the 

 ends turn avvay from the suture; the pygidia are clearly not closely punctared with 

 microscopical points in the interspaces; the prosternum, lobe marginate and impunc- 

 tate ; the mesostemum is f eebly sinuous anteriorly and the marginal stria is interrupted 

 in the middle; the anterior tibiae 3-dentate, apical tooth very large. 



The above is similar to H. obesus Fähr, and others by the thorax being bistriate 

 laterally and the terminal tooth of the anterior tibia being very large. 



Meru: at the river Ngare na nyuki, 22 nov. 1905. 



Hister coprophilus Reiche. 

 KiUmandjaro: Kibonoto-steppe and in the region of culture, aug., nov. — 

 ilferw-steppe, at the river Ngare na nyuki oct.; common. 



Hister sp. 

 2 specimens. 



