new Species o/IIisterulte. 241 



base, tlie mesosternum luis an arcuate stria on eacli side of 

 tlie emargination, the transverse stria is moderately bowed. 



In this gemis I^. leo, tuherosus, and faleatus liave lateral 

 niesosternal strife, but they are not marginal. P. mus, mas- 

 culus, andrewesi, and victor have only the transverse stria. 



Hub. Montalvan, near Manila [E. Simon). Two female 

 examples. 



Epitoxus subruher, sp. n. 



Suborbicularis, convexus, nitidus ; fronte puncticulata stria antice 

 late interrupta ; pronoto lateribus punctato ; el3'tris obscure 

 rufis, striis 1-4 et suturali integris, 2 posterioribus basi arcuatim 

 junctis, 5 in medio abbreviata ; pygidio vix dense punctulato ; 

 tibiis 8-9-denticulatis. 



L. 23-3 mill. 



Somewhat orbicular in outline, convex, with the legs and 

 antennte and the elytra (except on the disc) obscurely reddish ; 

 the head punctulate, stria well-marked laterally, widely inter- 

 rupted in front ; tlie thorax, marginal stria complete, sides 

 distinctly punctured, disc very tiuely punctulate, scutellar 

 impression obscurely biarcuate ; the elytra minutely punctu- 

 late, striae 1—4 and sutural complete, the two last joining at 

 the base, 5 dimidiate ; the pj'gidia are somewhat closely 

 punctulate, the points varying in size; the prosternum bi- 

 striate, keel clearly (not thickly) punctured; the mesosternum, 

 marginal stria coni|dete, close to the edge and feebly crenu- 

 late, surface sparingly punctulate, transverse stria finely and 

 evenly crenulate, surfaces of the metasternum and first 

 abdominal segment punctulate ; the anterior tibiae 8-9- 

 denticulate. 



The interrupted frontal stria and the colour of the elytra 

 are peculiar to this species amongst those at present knouii. 



Ilab. Abyssinia. In the British Museum and my own 

 collection. 



Epitoxus ascinnsj sp. n. 



Ilotundatus, convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte plana, stria antice 

 utrinque sinuosa ; pronoto ante scutellum biarcuatim impresso 

 disco laevi lateribus parce punctato ; elytris striis 1-4 et suturali 

 integris, 2 posterioribus basi arcuatim junctis, 5 in medio abbre- 

 viata ; propygidio pygidioque parce punctatis ; prosterno bistriuto ; 

 mesosterno marginato, stria tiausvcrsa baud crenulato ; tibiis 

 anticis 8-dcnticulatis. 



L. 2A mill. 



This species closely resembles brevitiscuhi.t, Mars. The 



