new Species of Ihsteiidic. 51 



Mars., and foveolalus, Lew. ; the elytral striae are similar to 

 the first and the scuteliar fovea is like the second. The 

 interstice of the thoracic mar<^in is narrower than in either 

 species. P. foveolitus nud/rontosus agvee in both having the 

 frontal stria interrupted at the sides. 



Hub. Efate Island, New Hebrides (./. J. WuUcer). Many 

 specimens, August 1900. 



Platysoma brakmani, sp. n. 



Oblongum, subdepressum, nigrum, nitidum ; fronte leviter irapressa, 

 stria Integra ; pronoto lateribus late punctato, Btria raarginali 

 post oculos interrupta ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4-5 et suturali 

 abbreriatis ; mesosterno sinuato, marginato ; tibiis anticis 4- 

 dentatis. 



L. 3J mill. 



Oblong, rather depressed, black and shining ; the head 

 finely and closely pnnctulate, forehead and clypeus a little 

 depressed, stria conij^lete ; the thorax, lateral stria sinuous in 

 the middle, and continues behind the head, where it departs 

 from the edge and leaves a somewhat wide marginal space, it 

 is obscurely interrupted behind the eyes, the lateral area is 

 broadly punctured, points varying in size; the elytra, stride 1-3 

 complete, 3 a little sinuous, 4 apical and not quite reaciiing tiie 

 middle, 5 two-thirds only of the length of the fourth, sutural 

 short and detached, being just behind the middle, the apical 

 margin is pnnctulate; the propygidium has rather largeshallow 

 ocellate and irregular punctures with small points intermixed ; 

 the pygidium similarly punctured, with the apex smooth and 

 immarginate ; the mesosternum is sinuous and distinctly 

 marginate ; the metasternuni and the first segment of the 

 abdomen is bistriate laterally ; the anterior tibije are 4-dentate. 



The form of the thoracic stria behind the head and the 

 form of the sutural dortal stride are characteristic of tiiis 

 species. 



JJab. Bengal, India. Found by Pere Cardon at Barway 

 and at Belgaum by Mr. Andrewes. 



Ebonius cequatorius, sp. n. 



Oblongus, nnguatatus, parallelus, supra depressus, niger, uitidus 

 fronte punctata in medio longitudinaliter impressa, stria biareuata ; 

 pronoto punctato ; elytris striis integris, 5 et suturali basi con- 

 junctis ; pygidio grosse punctato ; raesostcrno utrinque punctato ; 

 tibiis anticis o-O-denticulatis. 



L. 7 mill. 



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