P>9>-\: Mr. G. Lt'wis on 



sipt/gus, Mars., for wliich Marseul's niea?uremeut is 3 luiHlni. ; 

 Lilt this only measures 2^^ millim. 

 Hub. Perakj low country (Z)o//er/y). 



Apohletes semirufiifi, sp. n. 



Ohlongo-ovatus, complanatus, subtus piceus; elytris rufis, striis l^-S™ 

 integris, 4" basi abbreviata, 5* apicali ; prosterno bistriato ; pygi- 

 dio punctulato ; pedibus rufis. 



L. l|-2 mill. 



Oblong-ovate, flat, piceous beneath, head and thorax (except 

 the margins) above black, elytra red, propygidium and pygi- 

 dium reddish brown ; head flat, finely punctured, punctures 

 not dense, striate above the eyes only; thorax somewhat 

 transverse, feebly and sparsely punctulate at the sides, lateral 

 stria fine and anteriorly ceasing beliind the eye, at the base 

 it continues round the angle as far as the first elytral stria, 

 and behind each eye, a little di.-tant from the margin, is a 

 short bent stria ; elytral str'a^ fine and feebly punctate- 

 striate, first to third complete, fourth evanescent at the base, 

 fifth short and apical ; propygidium and pygidiuni finely, 

 not densely, punetate, the latter with a slight impression on 

 each side at the base; prosternum bistriate, striaj from the 

 coxas widening out towards tiie anterior lobe, lobe clearly 

 punctate ; mesosternum transverse, bisinuate, stria con)plete, 

 but very close to the margin behind the prosternal keel, 

 more clearly visible and stronger at the anterior angles; the 

 anterior tibias have four or five blunt teeth. 



JJab. Bahia. 



Platysoma solitarium^ sp. n. 



Ovatum, convexiusculum, nigrum, nitidum ; fronte haiul excavata ; 



elytris striis validis, l''-3"' integris, 4*-5'' dimidiatis ; prosteino 



angustato, lobo marginato ; pygidio punctato. 

 L. 3 mill. 



Oval, rather convex, black, shining ; head and clypeus 

 scarcely impressed, impunctate, stria complete, transversely 

 fine and nearly straight ; pronotum smouth, stria fine and 

 complete, lateral margin narrow and same width throughout, 

 sides of thorax gradually turn inwards from the base, anterior 

 angles robust; elytra, striai well marked and all equally 

 impressed, 1-^ complete, 4-5 almost equal, apical, and reach- 

 ing to the middle; the fifth is rather further from the suture 

 than from the fourth ; propygidium aiul |)ygidium a little 



