﻿new 
  Species 
  of 
  ll'istevidx. 
  2-11 
  

  

  Lase, 
  tlie 
  mesosternum 
  has 
  an 
  arcuate 
  stria 
  on 
  eacli 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  emavgination, 
  the 
  transverse 
  stria 
  is 
  moderately 
  bowed. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  genus 
  P. 
  leo, 
  tuherosiis, 
  and 
  falcatus 
  liave 
  lateral 
  

   mesosternal 
  stria?, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  marginal. 
  P. 
  mus, 
  mus- 
  

   culufi, 
  andrewesi, 
  and 
  victor 
  have 
  only 
  the 
  transverse 
  stria. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Montalvan, 
  near 
  Manila 
  (£". 
  Simon). 
  Two 
  female 
  

   examples. 
  

  

  Epitoxus 
  sr/.hniher, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Suborbicularis, 
  convexus, 
  nitidus 
  ; 
  fronte 
  puncticulata 
  stria 
  antice 
  

  

  . 
  late 
  interrupta 
  ; 
  pronoto 
  lateribus 
  punctate 
  ; 
  elytris 
  obscure 
  

  

  rutis,, 
  striis 
  1-4 
  et 
  suturali 
  integris, 
  2 
  posterioribus 
  basi 
  arcuatim 
  

  

  junctis, 
  5 
  in 
  medio 
  abbreviata 
  ; 
  pygidio 
  vix 
  dense 
  punctulato 
  ; 
  

  

  tibiis 
  8-9-denticulatis. 
  

  

  L. 
  2|-3 
  mill. 
  

  

  Somewhat 
  orbicular 
  in 
  outline, 
  convex, 
  with 
  the 
  legs 
  and 
  

   antennae 
  and 
  the 
  elytra 
  (except 
  on 
  the 
  disc) 
  obscurely 
  reddish 
  ; 
  

   the 
  head 
  punctulate, 
  stria 
  well-marked 
  laterally, 
  widely 
  inter- 
  

   rupted 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  thorax, 
  marginal 
  stria 
  complete, 
  sides 
  

   distinctly 
  punctured, 
  disc 
  very 
  finely 
  punctulate, 
  scutellar 
  

   impression 
  obscurely 
  biarcuate 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  minutely 
  punctu- 
  

   late, 
  striae 
  1-4 
  and 
  sutural 
  complete, 
  the 
  two 
  last 
  joinino- 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  5 
  dimidiate; 
  the 
  pygidia 
  are 
  somewhat 
  closely 
  

   punctulate, 
  the 
  points 
  varying 
  in 
  size; 
  the 
  prosternum 
  bi- 
  

   striate, 
  keel 
  clearly 
  (not 
  thickly) 
  punctured; 
  tiie 
  mesosternum, 
  

   marginal 
  stria 
  complete, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  and 
  feebly 
  crenu- 
  

   late, 
  surface 
  sparingly 
  j)unctulate, 
  transverse 
  stria 
  finely 
  and 
  

   evenly 
  crenulate, 
  surfaces 
  of 
  the 
  metasternum 
  and 
  first 
  

   abdominal 
  segment 
  punctulate 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  8-9- 
  

   denticulate. 
  

  

  The 
  interrupted 
  frontal 
  stria 
  and 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   are 
  peculiar 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  amongst 
  those 
  at 
  present 
  known. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Abyssinia. 
  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  and 
  my 
  own 
  

   collection. 
  

  

  Epitoxus 
  ascimiSj 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Uotundatus, 
  convexus, 
  niger, 
  nitidus 
  ; 
  fronte 
  plana, 
  stria 
  antice 
  

   utrinque 
  sinuosa 
  ; 
  pronoto 
  ante 
  scutellum 
  biarcuatim 
  impresso 
  

   disco 
  lasvi 
  hiteribus 
  parce 
  punctato 
  ; 
  elytris 
  striis 
  1-4 
  et 
  sutiu'ali 
  

   integris, 
  2 
  posterioribus 
  basi 
  arcuatim 
  juuctis, 
  5 
  in 
  medio 
  abbre- 
  

   viata 
  ; 
  propygidio 
  pygidioque 
  parce 
  punctatis 
  ; 
  prosterno 
  bistriato 
  ; 
  

   mesosterno 
  marginato, 
  stria 
  transversa 
  baud 
  crenulato 
  ; 
  tibiis 
  

   anticis 
  8-deuticulatis. 
  

  

  L. 
  2| 
  mill. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  closely 
  resembles 
  breviusculus, 
  Mars. 
  The 
  

  

  