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  On 
  neio 
  Species 
  of 
  Histcritlte. 
  

  

  frontal 
  stria, 
  liowever, 
  is 
  not 
  circular, 
  the 
  disc 
  o£ 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   is 
  smooth, 
  the 
  pygidia 
  are 
  less 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   sternum 
  is 
  more 
  finely 
  marginate, 
  and 
  the 
  transverse 
  stria 
  is 
  

   not 
  crenulate; 
  the 
  metasternum 
  has 
  a 
  few 
  punctures 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  placed 
  transversely 
  near 
  the 
  coxae. 
  

  

  JlJ. 
  breviusculu^, 
  Mars, 
  (which 
  has 
  a 
  wide 
  distribution 
  from 
  

   tlie 
  Cape 
  to 
  the 
  Congo 
  River), 
  has 
  the 
  transverse 
  meso- 
  

   sternal 
  stria 
  finely 
  yet 
  markedly 
  crenulate 
  ; 
  but 
  Marseul 
  did 
  

   not 
  refer 
  to 
  it. 
  The 
  sutural 
  stria 
  in 
  both 
  species 
  joins 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  dorsal 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Uab. 
  Congo 
  River. 
  

  

  Hetcerius 
  cai'inistn'ufi, 
  Lew. 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  

   ser. 
  8, 
  voL 
  xii. 
  p. 
  85 
  (1913). 
  

  

  I 
  believe 
  that 
  only 
  one 
  example 
  of 
  tliis 
  American 
  species 
  

   is 
  known, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  therefore 
  desirable 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  woodcut 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Hetcerius 
  carimsirius, 
  L«\v. 
  

  

  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATE 
  IX. 
  

  

  Fiff. 
  1. 
  Ehoiiius 
  aquatoriiix, 
  Lew. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  Histerterrenns, 
  Lew. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  A 
  Ithaniis 
  teretrioides, 
  Lew. 
  3 
  a. 
  Tibia. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  4. 
  Megalocrcsriis 
  ruhricatus, 
  Lew, 
  

  

  Fig. 
  r>. 
  Pelorurus 
  earinatus, 
  Lew. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  6. 
  eosttpennis, 
  Lew. 
  a. 
  Pyo'idia. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  7. 
  (lensistrius, 
  Lew. 
  7 
  a. 
  Pygidia. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  8. 
  Copvoxemis 
  opacipennis, 
  Lew. 
  

   Fig. 
  9. 
  Terapus 
  hicarinatus, 
  Lew. 
  

  

  