new Species of Histeride. 349 
stices impunctate ; the propygidium and pygidium almost 
impunctate ; the prosternum keel-shaped as an elongate tri- 
angle, with a few scattered punctures, lateral striee necessarily 
oblique ; the mesosternum, marginal stria complete, suture 
visible, but there is no transverse stria; the metasternum, 
median stria semicircular, not arched like those of N. fun- 
gorum and globatum, and evenly crenulate, crenulations not 
widened out; the legs are flavous, anterior tibie denticulate. 
This small species resembles N. rufulum, but the forelead 
is less wide and there is no transverse stria to the meso- 
sternum, which is a very remarkable character. 
The chief difference between N. fungorum, Lew., and 
globatum, Mars., is that the interstices to the elytral striz are 
punctate in the latter and smooth in the former, and it is a 
matter for notice in a family where the elytral striz are 
usually good specific characters that in all the pale-coloured . 
species the striation is so similar. In WN. bullatum, Mars., 
which is a dark-coloured species, there is a third stria. 
Hab. Perak (high lands). One example. 
Notodoma rufulum, sp. n. 
Globosum, rufum, nitidum; pedibus flavis; elytris striis 1*-2* 
integris, 4* et suturali antice conjunctis, interstitiis impunctatis ; 
mesosterno stria transversa crenulata. 
L. 2 mill. 
Globose, yellowish red, shining; the forehead with scat- 
tered shallow punctures and wider between the eyes than in 
N. solstitiale, eyes also not oblique; the thorax, marginal 
stria fine, feebly crenulate behind the neck, clearly and 
evenly, not densely punctured ; the elytra striate, like those 
of N. globatum, Mars. ; the propygidium and pygidium feebly 
and sparsely punctulate ; the prosternum sparsely punctured, 
points shallow, lateral stria not well defined, little sinuous at 
the coxe, not approaching near to each other in front; the 
mesosternum, anterior stria crenulate, the crenulations widen- 
ing out as the stria passes down the side of the metasternum, 
transverse stria straight, crenulate, crenulations of equal 
width; the metasternum, median stria arched and crenulate, 
crenulations widened out and of somewhat unequal width ; 
the legs and antenne are flavous. 
Of the described species this closely resembles N. solstztiale, 
but it has a transverse mesosternal stria. The metasternal 
stria also has a narrower span and the crenulations are wide 
and irregular. 
Hab. Borneo, Martapura (Doherty). 
