50 Mr. G. Lewis on 



Platylister pacificus, sp. n. 



Oblongus, subparallelus, depressus, niger, nitidus ; fronte clypeoque 

 modice impressis, stria integra ; elytris striis 1-2 integris, 3 in- 

 terrupta ; propygidio impunctato ; pygidio margine subelerato ; 

 tibiis anticis 4-dentatis. 



L. 5| mil]. 



Oblong, somewhat parallel, depressed, black and sliining ; 

 the head, forehead and clypeus moderately impressed, trans- 

 verse stria rather fine and nearly straight ; the thorax im- 

 punctate, stria complete ; the elytra, dorsal striae 1-2 complete, 

 3 interrupted in the middle, 4 indicated by an apical punc- 

 ture, subhumeral wanting ; the propygidium is smooth ; the 

 pygidium is densely and coarsely punctate, with the outer 

 margin smooth and broad but not much elevated; the meso- 

 sternum sinuous, with a well-marked marginal stria ; the 

 anterior tibiae are 4-dentate. 



The smooth surface of the propygidium is a remarkable 

 character in a species of this genus or of Platysoma. Fair- 

 maire has described P. connexum from New Caledonia as 

 being similar to P. latisternum, Mars., and I have received an 

 example from Monsieur Oberthur labelled connexum which is 

 P. montrouzieri, Mars, (see my note, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 xx. p. 342, 1907) . Marseul lias given the measurement of the 

 last species as 6 mm. ; 4^ is an outside measure, and 4 mm. 

 is the size given for connexum by Fairmaire. 



Hah. New Caledonia. 



Platylister placitus, Lew., 1906. 



Platylister banda, Lew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 293 (1909) 

 (n. syn.). 



The Banda Islands are close to New Guinea on the western 

 side, and the species seems to be locally abundant. 



Platylister palruus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, parum convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte leviter im- 

 pressa, stria haud interrupta ; pronoto stria marginali integra, 

 ante scutellum distincte foveolato ; elytris striis dorsalibus 1-2 

 integris, 3 in medio late interrupta ; propygidio antice laevi 

 postice transversim punctato ; pygidio margine modice elevato, 

 aequaliter punctato ; mesosterno sinuato, stria marginali integra ; 

 tibiis anticis 4-dentatis. 



L. 5-5i mill. 



This species is extremely similar in outline to P. frontosus, 



