new Species o/IIistcridfe. 387 



other by a black area in front, of the scutellum. Marseul did 

 not observe this, as tlie type, which I possess, is stained by 

 immersion in spirit ; but on a close examination of it I can 

 see that it possesses these red blotches. There are also two 

 large red blotches on the raetasternum, one on each side at 

 the widest part. 



Hister Sikorce, sp. n. 



Breviter ovalis, niger, nitidus ; proiioto stria interna Integra, postice 

 flexuosa, externa utrinque abbreviata ; elytris striis l*-4"' iiitegris, 

 5" suturalique brevibus. 



L. 6 A mill. 



Short-oval, black, shining; head feebly punctulate and 

 rather wide, stria well marked and semicircular ; thorax 

 smooth, with a small scutellar point on the thoracic edge, inner 

 stria complete, flexuous towards the base, hamate at the angle, 

 interstice broad for two thirds the length from the anterior 

 angle, then it narrows down to the point where the outer 

 stria ceases ; external stria ceases behind the eye and before 

 the base ; elytra, striai 1-4 complete, 3-4 sinuous, leaving a 

 wide interstice at the base between the second and third, fifth 

 apical, short and anteriorly punctiform, sutural widely short- 

 ened at the base, punctiform at the apex ; propygidium 

 clearly but not closely punctate, pygidium similarly punc- 

 tured at the base, the punctures gradually becoming smaller 

 at the apex ; prosternum narrowed before the coxai, and 

 without sculpture ; mesosternum subsinuous in front, stria 

 complete but rather fine, it is not connected with the raeta- 

 sternal lateral stria, the last, although commencing at the 

 anterior suture, begins nearer the middle ; anterior tibiae 

 3-dentate, the others multispinous. 



This is the largest species of the genus from Madagascar at 

 present known, and the trivial name will help to commemo- 

 rate Mr. F. Sikora's sojourn in this delightful island. 



Hab. Madagascar (east coast). 



Epierus dux^ sp. n. 



Ovalis, couvexus, niger, nitidus ; elytris striis f-S™ integris et caeteris 

 abbreviatis, apicibus rugoso-punctatis ; propygidio pygidioque dense 

 et grosse punctatis. 



L. 4A-4| mill. 



Oval, convex, black and shining ; forehead finely punc- 

 tulate, tlattish between the antennae, sulcate over each eye j 



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