new Species of Histeridse. 79 



Platylister procerus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, subdepressus, niger, nitidus ; fronte concava, stria 

 utrinque iuterrupta, mandibulis in medio impressis ; pronoto 

 stria laterali baud iuterrupta ; elj'tris striis 1-3 iutegris, 4-5 et 

 suturali brevibus lineis punctatis ; pygidio dense punctate, mar- 

 gine postice lisvi baud elevato ; mesosterno stria marginali 

 obscure integra ; tibiis anticis 4-5-dentatis. 



L. 8|-9 mill. 



Oblong-oval, rather depressed, black and shining ; fore- 

 head concave, with the stria obsoletely interrupted on either 

 side ; labrum transverse, with an arched outline, not emar- 

 ginate ; mandibles rather broad and impressed in the middle ; 

 the thorax, lateral stria well marked and continued behind 

 head, scutellar fovea very small ; the elytra, 1-3 dorsal 

 striae complete, 4-5 and sutural fine, apical, punctiform or 

 broken, the sutural is sometimes wanting; the propygidium 

 transversely punctured, punctures irregular and not very 

 close ; the pygidium is evenly and rather closely punctate, 

 with the posterior rim smooth but not elevated ; the meso- 

 sternum is emarginate, and behind the emargination the 

 stria is fine but traceable as complete ; the anterior tibise 

 are 4-5-dentate. 



The dorsal striae of this species resemble those of cathayi 

 and niponensis, Lew. It is the largest species of the genus 

 known except mirahilis, Lew. 



Hab. Kouy-Tcheou, province of Central China, east of 

 Yunnan [Fere Cavelerie, 1908) (? Kwei chau of the ^Times' 

 Atlas). Two examples in the Paris Museum and one in my 

 collection. 



Platysoma viatorium, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatum, subdepressum, nigrum, nitidum ; fronte punctu- 

 lata tenuiter impressa, stria integra ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 

 4-6 abbreviatis ; pygidio basi grosse punctato, margine postice 

 late Isevi ; mesosterno parum late emarginato; tibiis anticis 4- 

 denticulatis. 



L. 3i mill. 



Oblong-oval, rather depressed, black and shining ; the 

 head finely punctulate, with more conspicuous punctures 

 along the base, frontal stria complete, forehead and clypeus 

 impressed ; the thorax finely punctulate laterally, the lateral 

 stria continues anteriorly to behind the eye, where it is 

 slightly disconnected from a straight crenulate stria behind 



