158 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



of the epistome straight and well marked. Thorax with a 

 faint sublateral stria. Elytra striated as in the last species. 

 Pygidium very thinly punctured. 



The elongation and expansion of the prosternum under the 

 mouth is not nearly so great in this as in the two preceding 

 species, or as it is in the genus Platysoma generally. In the 

 absence, however, of specimens for minute examination and 

 dissection, I cannot venture to form a genus for its reception. 



280. — Saprinus Gatndahensis. n. sp. 

 Length 2| lines. 

 Head black, very minutely punctured, and with a distinct 

 uninterrupted stria surrounding the whole space between the eyes. 

 Thorax of a bronzy olive hue, nitid in the middle, and roughly 

 punctured towards the sides and along the basal margin, with an 

 impressed point in the centre of the basal lobe. Elytra blue, 

 nitid, and punctured behind and at the sides, with the sutural 

 stria not reaching the base, the next stria short, curved, punctured, 

 and taking its rise near the scutellum, the next short and pai'allel 

 to the rest, the fourth and fifth about half the length of the elytra, 

 and the sixth a little longer and almost joining the sublateral stria 

 which extends from the humeral angle to the apex where it 

 merges in the marginal one, and with a short stria on the side of 

 the humeral angle having the same basal origin as the sublateral 

 stria. Body beneath black and nitid. Legs piceous black. 



281. — Sapeinus Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 2 lines. 



Head duller and more punctured than in the preceding species. 

 Thorax black, with a slight coppery red reflexion, variolous punc- 

 tures near the sides and along the base, and two shallow depres- 

 sions near the apex at the commencement of the puncturated 

 patches. Elytra greenish black, with the apical two thirds punc- 

 tured, the sutural stria not reaching the base, the first dorsal stria 

 about one third of the length of the elytra, the second third and 

 fourth half the length, the fifth long and almost joining the sub- 

 lateral stria, the abbreviated humeral and sublateral stria as in S. 



