new Species 0/ Histeridae. 271 



transversa utrinque interrupta ; pronoto lateribus inconspicue 

 punctulato, stria integra ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4-5 api- 

 calibus : propygidio transversim punctato ; prosterno haud striato ; 

 mesosteruo lato, distincte marginato ; tibiis anticis 4-5-dentatis. 

 L. 3 mill. 



Oval, depressed, pitchy brown and shining- ; the head 

 punctulate, but not closely, slightly impressed behind the 

 transverse stria, which is straight with the ends on either side 

 turned backwards, and it is not connected with the lateral 

 striae, which are bent and do not extend beyond the eye ; the 

 thorax, surface microscopically punctured, punctures more 

 visible along the lateral borders, marginal stria strong later- 

 ally and continued behind the head, the stria leaves the 

 margin at the angle, cutting off a triangular space, it then 

 passes along the margin until it passes the eye, when it again 

 leaves the margin and behind the neck leaves a fairly wide 

 border between it and the edge, there is no scutellar fovea. 

 The elytra, there are no humeral striae except the oblique 

 basal, which is very fine, dorsal striae, 1 a little abbreviated 

 at the apex, 2 complete and turning a little away from the 

 first at the base, 3 complete but extremely fine at the base, 

 the interstice between it and the second is of the same width 

 throughout, 4 apical and one third of the elytral length, 5 

 shorter with a wider interstice, sutural wanting. The pro- 

 pygidium has rather large shallow punctures ; the pygidium 

 rather deeply bifoveolate and smooth ; the prosternum, the 

 anterior lobe is broad, with a marginal stria, which is, however, 

 interrupted at the suture before the keel, keel without striae ; 

 the mesosternum is wide, very feebly sinuous anteriorly, and 

 clearly marginate; the metasternum has a shallow median 

 furrow ; the anterior tibiae are 4-5-dentate. 



This species is somewhat similar to L. Gestroi, Lew., but 

 the latter is less oval, the thorax more distinctly punctured 

 laterally, the apical margin of the elytra narrowly punctulate, 

 the second dorsal stria widens out at the base from the first 

 in a similar manner, and the second and third are similarly 

 parallel to each other, but the two apical striae are shorter and 

 the fifth is more distant from the suture. In L. chalets the 

 foveae in the pygidium are nearly round, in L. Gestroi they 

 are transverse. 



Hab. Sipora, Mentawei Islands, Sereinu, 5th June, 1894 

 (Mod ig Hani). Two examples, and I have a third labelled 

 "Perak " by Herr J. Schmidt. 



Platylister cothayi, sp. n. 

 Oblongo-ovatus, subdepressus, niger, nitidus ; fronte imprcssa, stria 



