Species o/'Histerida3. 467 



has the transverse line less acutely angulated than in the 

 Andaman species. 



Coelocrcera nitida, n. sp. 



Nigra, nitida ; antennis pedibusque fuscis ; fronte punctulata, stria 

 semicirculari, valida; pronoto circum late punctato, ante scu- 

 telluru transversim improsso ; elytris subtilissime punctulatis, 

 stnis validis 1-4 et suturali integris, 2 postcrioribus basi arcuatim 

 junctis, 5 in medio abbreviata ; propygidio grosse et minute punc- 

 tato ; prosterno lobo grosse punctato, bistriato, basi inciso ; 

 mesosterno antice subacurninato et subbisinuato. L. 3| mill. 



Hab. Abyssinia and Zanzibar. 



This insect , although differing so much above in surface- 

 sculpture from C. costifera, doubtless belongs to the same genus. 

 Beneath the apex of the mesosternum is less acuminate than 

 in costifera, on which species alone the genus has hitherto 

 stood, and it is also slightly bisinuate ; but in other respects 

 the under surface agrees with the species named. There is 

 no fovea on the forehead in nitida. 



Renia, n. gen. 

 Orbicularis, subconvexa, brunnea, nitida. Caput retractum ; fronte 

 et clypeo modice latis, stria carinata basi obsolcta ; mandibulis 

 robustis. Antennas brevissiinae, sub frontis margine insertae ; 

 clava articulo unico cylindrico et caeteris sensim iucrassatis. Pro- 

 sternum lobo antico lato, marginato, basi inciso ; mesosternum 

 profunde bisinuatum, marginatum. Pronotum latum, stria unica 

 tenuissime marginali. Propygidium bexagonura parum convexum ; 

 pygidium dejectum inferius semiovale. Femora et tibiae valde 

 dilatata. 



The lobe of the mesosternum overlaps tbe presternum, which 

 is cut out to receive it. 



Renia meticulosa, n. sp. 

 Orbicularis, subconvexa, piceo-brunnea, fronte stria antice integra ; 

 pronoto subtilissime punctulato, cum linea utrinque basi elevata, 

 intu8 curvata ; elytris marginibus angustis elevatis, striis 1-4 

 tenuissimis elevatis, basi iucurvatis, suturali tuberculiformi ; pro- 

 sterno lobo strigoso in medio utrinque bistriato ; mesosterno ant : co 

 arcuatim striato subtilissime et parce punctato ; pygidio parce 

 punctulato, apice rngoso. L. 4| mill. 



Hab. Parana. 



This genus may be placed near Eretmutus ; the species is 

 one of the most curious in the family. 



DendropJiilus sulcatus } Motsch. 

 1 am indebted to Jlr. G. C. Champion for examples of this 



