Species o/'Histeridse. 461 



Dohrnii—restoratum by seeing the type of the latter in the 

 British Museum; and an example of quinquestriatum which I 

 possess from the collection of the late Mr. Andrew Murray, 

 apparently received by him from Motschulsky, is a small 

 individual referable also to Dohrnii. 



Platysoma Motschulsky 7, Mars. 1864 = ceylonicum, Motsch. 

 1863 = desinens, Walker, 1858. Synonymy determined by 

 comparison, as in preceding species. 



Platysoma abyssinicum, n. sp. 



Ovatum, subdepressutn, nigro-piceum ; antennis pedibusque piceo- 

 brunneis ; fronte coucava punctata, stria integra ; pronoto trans- 

 verso, lateribus grosse punctate in medio punctulato, marginato, 

 stria pone oculos subangulata ; elytris apice parce punctatis, striis 

 1-3 integris, 4-5 antice abbreviatis, 6 dimidiata ; propygidio 

 pygidioque grosse punctatis primo ad hoc subfoveolato ; prosterno 

 sparse punctulato ; mesosterno sinuato marginatoque. L. 3A- 

 mill. 



Hab. Abyssinia (Raffray). 



This belongs to the same group as sculptum and capense, 

 but its general outline, more depressed form, and the fourth 

 and fifth elytral striae of nearly equal length, will separate it. 

 In its upper surface it has the general appearance of Pachy- 

 crazrus arabicus. 



Hister cinnamomeus, White, from New Zealand is an imma- 

 ture Platysoma. Type in the Museum. 



Platysoma elingue, n. sp. 



Ovatum, subdepressum, piceum, nitidum ; fronte snbtilissime punc- 

 tulata, stria valida transversa integra ; prouoto impunctato, stria 

 completa; elytris striis validis, 1-3 integris, 4 ante, 5 ultra medium 

 abbreviatis ; propygidio pygidioque grosse punctatis. L. 3^ mill. 



Hab. Hadley Estate, Dikoya, Ceylon. December 1881. 



In general facies this species agrees with carolinum ; it 

 differs in having but five dorsal s trice, 1-3 complete, as in 

 carolinum, 4 apical and occupying one third of the elytra, 

 5 much longer and equidistant from the fourth and suture. 

 The forehead and clypeus are not concave, and beneath the 

 insect is more convex than carolinum, the presternum less 

 wide, and the apex of the mesosternum less transverse. 

 Marseul considers semistriatum, Motsch. = birmanum, and in 

 this case Motschulsky was very wrong in comparing the first 

 to carolinum. 



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