new Species of Histeridoe. 51 



Mars., andfoveolatus, Lew.; the elytral strias are similar to 

 the first and the scutellar fovea is like the second. The 

 interstice of the thoracic margin is narrower than in either 

 species. P. foveolatus and frontosus agree in both having the 

 frontal stria interrupted at the sides. 



Hob. Efate Island, New Hebrides {J. J. Walker). Many 

 specimens, August 1900. 



Platysoma brahmani, sp. n. 



Oblongum, subdepressum, nigrum, nitidum ; fronte leviter impressa, 

 stria integra ; pronoto lateribus late punctato, stria marginali 

 post oculos interrupta ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4-5 et suturali 

 abbreviatis ; mesosterno sinuato, marginato ; tibiis anticis 4- 

 dentatis. 



L. 3± mill. 



Oblong, rather depressed, black and shining ; the head 

 finely and closely punctulate, forehead and clypeus a little 

 depressed, stria complete ; the thorax, lateral stria sinuous in 

 the middle, and continues behind the head, where it departs 

 from the edge and leaves a somewhat wide marginal space, it 

 is obscurely interrupted behind the eyes, the lateral area is 

 broadly punctured, points varying in size; the elytra, strite 1-3 

 complete, 3 a little sinuous, 4 apical and not quite reaching the 

 middle, 5 two-thirds only of the length of the fourth, sutural 

 short and detached, being just behind the middle, the apical 

 margin is punctulate; the propygidium has rather large shallow 

 ocellate and irregular punctures with small points intermixed ; 

 the pygidium similarly punctured, with the apex smooth and 

 immarginate ; the mesosternum is sinuous and distinctly 

 marginate ; the metasternum and the first segment of the 

 abdomen is bistriate laterally ; the anterior tibiae are 4-dentate. 



The form of the thoracic stria behind the head and the 

 form of the sutural dorsal strise are characteristic of this 

 species. 



Hab. Bengal, India. Found by Pere Cardon at Barway 

 and at Belgaum by Mr. Andrewes. 



Ebonius cequatorius, sp. n. 



Oblongus, angustatus, parallelus, supra depressus, niger, nitidus 

 fronte punctata in medio longitudinaliter impressa, stria biareuata ; 

 pronoto punctato ; elytris striis integris, 5 et suturali basi con- 

 junctis ; pygidio grosse punctato ; mesosterno utrinque punctato ; 

 tibiis anticis 5-6-denticulatis. 



L. 7 mill. 



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