50 Mr. G. Lewis on 



P laty lister paciyicus, sp. n. 



Oblongus, subparallelus, deprcssus, niger, nitidus ; fronte clypeoque 

 raodice impressis, stria integra ; elytris striis 1-2 integris, 3 in- 

 tcrrupta ; propygidio impunctato ; pygidio margine subelevato ; 

 tibiis anticis 4-dciitatis. 



L. 5| mil]. 



Oblong, somewhat parallel, depressed, black and shining ; 

 the head, forehead and cljpeus moderately impressed, trans- 

 verse stria rather fine and nearly straight ; the thorax ini- 

 punctate, stria complete ; the elytra, dorsal striai 1-2 complete, 

 3 interrupted in the middle, 4 indicated by an apical punc- 

 ture, subhumeral wanting ; the propygidium is smooth ; the 

 pygidium is densely and coarsely punctate, with the outer 

 margin smooth and broad but not much elevated; the meso- 

 sternum sinuous, with a well-marked marginal stria; the 

 anterior tibite are 4-dentate. 



The smooth surface of the propygidium is a remarkable 

 character in a species of this genus or of Platysoma. Fair- 

 maire has described P. connexum from New Caledonia as 

 being similar to P. htisternum, Mars., and I have received an 

 example from Monsieur Oberthiir labelled connexum which is 

 P. vwntrouzieri, Mars, (see my note, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 XX. p. 342, 1907) . Marseul has given the measurement of the 

 last species as 6 mm. ; 4^ is an outside measure, and 4 mm. 

 is the size given for connexum by Fairmaire. 



Hah. New Caledonia. 



Plaiylister placitus, Lew., 1906. 



Platylister hand<e, Lew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. iy. p. 293 (1909) 

 (n. syn.). 



The Banda Islands are close to New Guinea on the western 

 side, and the species seems to be locally abundant. 



Platylister patruus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, parum convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte leviter im- 

 pressa, stria baud interrupta ; pronoto stria marginal! integra, 

 ante scutellum distincte foveolato ; elytris striis dorsalibus 1-2 

 integris, 3 in medio late interrupta ; propygidio antice laevi 

 postice transversim punctato ; pygidio margine modice elevato, 

 tequaliter punctato ; mesosteruo sinuato, stria marginali integra ; 

 tibiis anticis 4-dentati8. 



L. 5-5 1 mill. 



This species is extremely similar in outline to P. frontos us, 



