netv Species o/Histeridge. 389 



Baconia f estiva y sp. n. 



Breviter ovalis, depressa, viridis, pedibus obscure rufis ; fronte dis- 

 tiiicte punctata ; elytris striis l^-S"" integris, 4^-5°' abbreviatis ; 

 prosterno lato, bistriato ; mesosterno baud sinuato, antice immar- 

 ginato, stria transversa arcuatim impressa ; tibiis anticis triden- 

 tatis. 



L. 2 mill. 



Depressed, shortly ovate, metallic bluish-green above, legs 

 dull red ; head clearly but a little sparsely punctate, obscurely 

 striate above the eyes ; thorax punctured at the sides like the 

 head, smooth in the middle, external stria fine but complete, 

 anterior angles distinctly reflexed ; elytra, strite 1-3 complete, 

 feebly punctate, third finer apically, fourth fine at the apex, 

 becoming punctiform towards the middle and evanescent at 

 the base, fifth short, fine, punctiform, apical, and terminating 

 before the middle, no sutural, apical margin sparsely punctu- 

 late ; propygidium and pygidium punctured like the liead, the 

 pygidium is transverse and somewhat parallel at the sides ; 

 presternum, lobe punctate, keel flat, smooth, rather wide, 

 bordered laterally with two strong and nearly straight strife ; 

 mesosternum transverse, broad, and very short, anteriorly 

 nearly straight, but slightly receding from the prosternum, 

 transverse stria well marked and feebly bowed ; anterior 

 tibiae with three teeth well separated from each other, poste- 

 rior unarmed. 



This species corresponds structurally with B. loricata, Lew. 

 It is not similar to Phelister micans and fulgtdus, Sch., in both 

 of which the mesosternum is anteriorly bisinuous. The meso- 

 sternum is similar to that in a Carcmops, and I am not at all 

 sure at this stage of the study of the genus that it may not 

 eventually be placed nearer to Carcinops than Phelister. 



Hah. Bahia. 



Carcinops dalcis^ sp. n. 



Oblonga, subparallela, parum convexa, nigra, nitida ; fronte stria 

 semicirculari completa ; thorace punctulato, in media liuea im- 

 pressa ; elytris striis punctato-striatis ; pygidio rugoso-punctato ; 

 mesosterno metasternoque utrinque fortiter striatis. 



L. l|-li miU. 



Oblong, somewhat parallel at the sides, moderately convex, 

 black, shining ; head a little convex, finely and sparsely punc- 

 tulate, stria clear, complete, and semicircular, clypeus short ; 

 thorax, anterior angles depressed, stria fine and complete, 

 punctulate throughout, but not densely; a faint line before 



