88' Mr. G. Lewis on 



Saprinus dives, sp. n. 



Ovatus, convexiusculus, seneus, nitidus, elytris violaceis ; fronte 

 dense punctata, stria antice interrupta ; pronoto antice utrinque 

 impresso ; elytris striis 4 et suturali connexis ; prosterno striis 

 antice divergentibus arcuatim junctis ; mesosterno grosse punc- 

 tato ; metasterno in medio late impresso ; tibiis anticis 7-8- 

 denticulatis. 



L. 5-6 mill. 



Oval, somewhat oblong, thorax brassy, elytra violet or 

 purple, pygidia bluish ; the head densely punctured, stria 

 ■widely interrupted anteriorly, with a small but distinct fovea 

 on the vertex ; the thorax narrowly punctured along its base 

 and widely along the sides and behind the head, behind the 

 eyes there is a well-marked impression ; the elytra, striae 

 inner subhumeral dimidiate, being shortened at either end, 

 1 dorsal reaches the middle, 2, 3, 4 are a little longer, the 

 last joining the sutural which is complete, the interstice 

 between the first and second striae is strigose and there are 

 strigosities on the outside of the first, the dorsal punctuation 

 is very clear and somewhat coarse, and from the apex extends 

 over about two-thirds of the elytra ; the pygidia are densely 

 punctured ; the prosternum, keel with a few scattered 

 punctures and a marginal stria, which turns outwards close 

 to the base, but does not quite reach the edge, anteriorly 

 the striae widen out and markedly join behind the anterior 

 edge, enclosing a lobe-shaped area, near the middle of this 

 space the striae join a strong curved lateral carina; the 

 mesosternum is wholly and coarsely punctate and the 

 marginal stria is fine and very minutely irregular; the 

 nietasternum is widely impressed in its median area, and 

 the punctures are smaller and arranged chiefly along the 

 base and at the anterior angles. Whether the metasternum 

 is impressed in both sexes I cannot say. The prosternal striae 

 and lateral carinae are framed on the same plan as those of 

 S. dussauUi, Mars. The colours of this species are very 

 attractive. 



Hab. Pingshiang, South China [Dr. Kreyenberg). One 

 specimen in the Deutsches Ent. National Museum of Berlin, 

 and one in my own collection. 



Saprinus aquipunctatus, Horn, 1870. 



Horn describes this species (Synopsis, p, 133, 1873) as 

 having the upper portion of the pygidium " vertical and the 

 apical part horizontal "; but it is the basal or upper portion 



