8 Mr. G. Lewis on 



depressions the outer edge is thickened and raised, tlie surface 

 punctuation is the same as that of the propygidium ; the pro- 

 sternum bistriate, strife not joining behind, diverging widely 

 before the coxse and curved inwards at the tips ; the meso- 

 sternum is Avidely sinuous, almost from angle to angle, the 

 marginal stria is complete, and on either side of the sinuosity 

 the margin is widened and thickened ; anterior tibi^ 4-5- 

 dentate, with tarsal grooves shallow and nearly straight. 



The genus Apohletes, as at present constituted, is not 

 capable of exact definition; in both this species and A. lati- 

 usculusj Sell., the tarsal grooves are shallow and nearly 

 straight, and in two species of the allied genus PJatysoma 

 from Madagascar the grooves are similarly formed, viz. 

 P. Richteri, Sch., and P. quadricoUe, Lew. 



Bah. JMadagascar, " Andrangoloaka, alt. 1600 m. O. S. O. 

 de Tananarive." 



Platysoma satzumce, sp. n. 



Ovale, convexiusculum, nigrum, nitidum ; antennis pedibusque 

 rufo-piceis ; fronte leviter impressa, stria transversa subarcuata ; 

 pronoto anguste marginato ; elytris striis 1 ct 3 integris, 2 basi 

 abbreviata, 4-5 apicalibus ; propygidio pygidioque profunde piinc- 

 tatis. 



L. 4 mill. 



Oval, somewhat convex, black, shining; the head feebly 

 impressed anteriorly, stria complete and transversely feebly 

 bowed ; the thorax a little arched anteriorly, angles some- 

 what obtuse, lateial stria well-marked, close to the edge, and 

 continued behind the head j the elytra, stride 1 and 3 complete, 

 2 a little shortened at the base, 4 apical but just passing the 

 middle, 5 apical but only reaching the middle, sutural wanting ; 

 the propygidium is coarsely ))unctured (very similarly to 

 P. confucii, Mars.) ; the pygidium is more deeply punctured 

 and the punctures are larger and relatively a little less close, 

 the posterior rim is smooth ; the prosternum, keel narrow and 

 without striai; the mesosternum is rather widely emarginate 

 in front, stria complete, but at the emargination it is very 

 close to the edge, laterally it continues down the raeta- 

 sternum ; the anterior tibiae are 5-dentate. 



This species in outline is rather more oval than P. sm- 

 Cirum^ Sch., but otherwise the general form is similar. It 

 also resembles P.solitariumj elingu(py and uniforme, Lew., espe- 

 cially in the thoracic marginal stria being close and parallel 

 to the edge. 



}lab. Higo and Salzimia, S. Japan. 



