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the prosternum, anterior lobe densely and coarsely punc- 

 tured, keel with smaller and variously sized points less 

 closely set, striae widen out posteriorly (in one example the 

 strise are obliterated between the coxae) ; the mesosternum 

 is pointed like the keel, the marginal and the transverse 

 striae are crenate ; the metasternum has a median furrow 

 and a cluster of large punctures on each side at its base ; 

 the anterior tibiae are denticulate. 



Tlie furcation or branch in the sutural stria is remarkable 

 and also the fine marginal stria along the suture ; it is not 

 the ordinary sutural stria and the form of the pygidium is 

 exceptional. 



Hab. Harrar, Abyssinia (G. Christensen) . 



Discoscelis curvata, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida ; fronte tenuiter impressa, 

 stria iiiconspicua ; pronoto impiinctato, stria marginal! post 

 oculos interrupta; elytris striis subhumerali interna basi 

 abbreviata, 1-4 integris, 4 incurvata, 5 abbreviata, suturali 

 dimidiata ; propygidio vix grosse punctato ; prosterno bistriato ; 

 mesosterno tenuissime marginato ; tibiis valde dilatatis. 



L. 6i mill. 



Oblong-oval, convex, black and shining ; the head ira- 

 punctate, slightly impressed in front, frontal stria very fine, 

 almost obsolete ; the thorax, surface smooth, lateral stria 

 near the edge, continuing at the base as far as the first 

 dorsal stria, anteriorly it is interrupted behind the eyes, but 

 it is continued as a straight line behind the head, scutellar 

 puncture small and shallow ; the elytra, the inner sub- 

 humeral stria is a little shortened at the base, outer humeral 

 is broken behind the middle, the dorsal striae 1-3 are 

 complete, 2 markedly turning inwards at the base, the 

 fourth stria is complete and like the second turns in at the 

 base and continues along it nearly to the suture, 5 apical 

 and rather short, sutural apical and almost dimidiate ; the 

 propygidium is somewhat coarsely punctured, punctures 

 somewhat irregular and not closely set, the points of the 

 pygidium are smaller ; the prosternum is bistriate, striae 

 widening out between the coxae and aie near together 

 anteriorly ; the mesosternum has a fine marginal stria which 

 is straight anteriorly and not easily seen, behind the 

 marginal stria is an arched stria clearly marked and common 

 to it and the metasternum ; the tibiae are widely dilated. 



I have assigned this species to Discoscelis, notwithstanding 

 its large size. 



Hah. Mar de Hespanha, Minas Geraes, Brazil. 



