nPiii S/iecies of Histeiidte. 383 



frniitj very finely puiicluliite tliroughout, stria rather fine, very 

 ieebly sinuous, shortened or interruj)ted at the eye and strongly 

 impressed over it, mandibles punetulate ; thorax also with an 

 extremely fine punctuation, stria strong- at the sides and ending 

 behind tiie eye, the interstice is not wide, but ditfers from 

 the last species in widening out a little before the middle; 

 before the scutellum is a short, very fine line; elytra, strijB 

 1-2 entire, nearly straight, 3 evanescent or a little interrupted 

 in the middle, 4 short and apical ; propygidium transversely 

 ])unctate, ])unctures shallow, irregular, and somewhat oval, 

 the posterior margin smooth; pygidium more closely set 

 with similar punctures, margin narrowly smooth and feebly 

 raised, the pygidium more transverse than in A. Semperi ; 

 prosternal keel without striae, but appears a little opaque, 

 owing to an extremely fine punctuation, so also are the other 

 sternal plates; the mesosternuni is sinuous in front, stria com- 

 plete and well marked, margin narrow, as in the last species; 

 metasternal median line fine; legs and tarsi pieeoiis, tibiaj as 

 in ^. Semperi. 



Hah. Tenasserim (Victoria Point). 



Apohletes corticalis, sp. n. 



Oblougo-ovatus, ferrugiueus, complanatus, nitidus ; elytris striis 1"- 

 2* integris, 2* sinuata, 3" late interrupta : mesosterno bisinuato, 

 antice in medio minute producto, stria late interrupta. 



1.. 3 mill. 



Oblong-ovate, ferruginous, flat, and shining ; head nearly 

 smooth, frontal stria complete, transversely a little bent; 

 thorax, stria interrupted behind the neck, with a longitudinal 

 patch of punctures on each side before the middle a little 

 distance away from the margin, there are some strigous punc- 

 tures also near tiie posteriorangle: elytra, first and second strife 

 complete, first straight, second a little bent, third widely inter- 

 rupted in the middle, apical portion shortest ; propygidium 

 lightly bifoveolate, punctate throughout, punctures largest and 

 confluentat thesides; pygidium closely punctate, with the hinder 

 margin raised on each side, with apex depressed ; prosternum 

 feebly emarginate at the base, smooth ; mesosteinum ante- 

 riorly bisinuous and a little produced in the middle, striate at 

 the sides only, stria ceasing where the prosternum touches; 

 metasternum with a lateral stria, which is hooked inwards 

 anteriorly and does not join the mesosternal stria ; anterior 

 tibia? 4-dentate. 



This species in colour and outline resembles Liopi/gus diop- 



