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represented by a very rudimentary line or one or two punc- 

 tures. The pygidium is less convex and somewhat less 

 coarsely punctured. Beneath the punctuation in A. macilentus 

 is more fine, especially as it is visible on the anterior lobe of 

 the presternum, and the posterior lobe of the presternum is 

 wider than in A. nirvana. 



This is evidently the species referred to by Herr J. Schmidt 

 as A. nirvana, Lew., in the Ann. Mus. Grenova, ser. 2, xvii. 

 p. 286 (1897). 



Bab, Si-Ram be, Sumatra (Modigliani) . I possess six 

 examples with the label of the Genoa Museum attached to 

 them. 



Apobletes platessce, sp. n. 



Oblougus, parallelus, planatus, piceo-niger, uitidus ; fronte punctu- 

 lata, stria transversa utrinque interrupta ; pronoto stria raarginali 

 antice interrupta ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 basi abbreviata ; 

 propygidio utrinque imbricato-puuctato ; pygidio parum dense et 

 subocellato punctate 



L. 2f mill. 



Oblong, parallel at. the sides, flat, pitchy black and shining ; 

 the head impressed anteriorly, distinctly but not densely 

 punctulate, lateral stria strong and does not pass beyond the 

 eye, transverse stria very feebly sinuous and on either side 

 rather widely separated from the lateral stria ; the thorax, 

 lateral stria well marked, but fine anteriorly and ceasing 

 behind the eyes, lateral border with a few small scattered 

 punctures, base with a small scutellar fovea ; the elytra, outer 

 numeral stria complete, inner wanting, oblique basal fine and 

 relatively rather long, 1 dorsal complete but not quite so 

 long apically as the second, 2-3 complete, 4 shortened by 

 about one fifth at the base, all the strise are nearly parallel 

 one to another, 5 obsolete or consisting of 2 or 3 punctures, 

 sutural absent ; the propygidium has a lateral cluster of rather 

 large, shallow, imbricate punctures, with a few very fine 

 points in the centre ; the pygidium is somewhat densely 

 punctured, punctures somewhat ocellate and each one clearly 

 separate from another ; the presternum widens out broadly 

 before the coxse and the anterior lobe is margined at the sides 

 only by a fine stria ; the mesosternum is anteriorly bisinuous, 

 but the marginal stria neither meets in front nor does it con- 

 tinue along the sides ; the anterior tibiae are 3-4-dentate. 



Bab. Nguela, Usambara. 



Liopygus chalcis, sp. n. 



Ovatus, depressus, piceo-brunneus, nitidus ; fronte punctulata, stria 



