4G Mr. G. Lewis on HisteridtB yroj/j Venezuela. 



those who study the family will be able to form au idea of its 

 peculiarities and to judge whether or not I have assigned it 

 rightly to Phelister. The specimen is unfortunately unique 

 and the sex of it is not apparent without dissection ; but I 

 cannot for a moment think the structure of the prosternum 

 can differ in the male and female. 



List of Species. 



Hololepta humilis, Payk. 

 Lioderma 4-deiitatum, Fahr, 

 Phelister Simoni, n. sp. 



4-punctatus, Mars. 



glotaiformis, Mars. 



hsemorrhous, Mars. 



panamensis, Leconte. 



Ilomalodes vapulo, Mars. 



gagatinius, Er. 



serenus, Er. 



Hister cajnosus, Er. 



Epierus brunnipeniiis, Mar> 



notius, Mars. 



vagaiis, Mars. 



fulvicornis, Fabr. 



Pavomalus sinceriis, Lewis. 



fissus, Lewis. 



Saprinus modestus, Er. 



auctu.s, Sch. (1889). 



Idolia scitula, Leiois. 

 Integra, n. sp. 



Phelister Simoni y n. sp. 



Oblongiis, convexiusculus, nig-er, subopacus, uudifjue rtiinutissime 

 .strigosus ; antennis pedibusque piceis ; fronte punctulata, antice 

 impressa, supra oeulos subelevata, stria intcgra leviter impressa in 

 medio retrorsum acuminata ; clypeo separate transvcrso ; pronoto 

 stria intcgra post oeulos minute crenulata, subdense pnnctulato, 

 punctis grossis intormixtis, ante sciitellum triangulariter irapresso ; 

 elytris striis integris subcrenulatis 5 cum suturali hasi conjunctis, 

 undique punctulatis ; propygidio pygidioque parum dense punctu- 

 latis ; prosterno in regione striarum prominulo, bistriato, striis 

 anticis conjunctis, lobo separate ; mesosterno antice late arcuato, 

 striis transversis crenulatis ; tibiis autiois 5-dentatis. 



Long. 3 miU. 



The minute surface sculpture of this species gives it the 

 appearance of opacity. The frontal stria is lightly impressed 

 and formed like that figured for 

 Ilomalodes faustus and others in 

 JMarseul's monograph. The 

 singular structure of the pro- 

 sternum may be seen by the 

 figures given here. The region 

 of the stria3 is built up to the 

 same plane as the raesosternuni 

 and then cut off as it were in a 

 diagonal direction, and at this 

 point a pilose tuft is visible 

 (indicated by punctures in the 

 figures), and the lobe is pro- 



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