new Species of Histeridte. 



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Schmidt's collection, having been given to him bj Mens. 

 A lice J. 



Fi?. 9. 



Campylorhdhdus singularis, Sch. 



Hister nigrita^ Er., has been found in JMashonaland by 

 Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall eating Onitis inuus, F., a beetle of 

 considerable size, and it has also been found feeding on 

 Aphodii and small Onthophagi. 



Hister saginatus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovalis, parum convexus, niger, nitidus ; labro valde emar- 

 ginato ; fronte lata, stria Integra ; pronoto lateribus eiliato, 

 striis externis basi abbreviatis, internis anticis interruptis ; elytris 

 striis 1-3 integris, 4 subintegra, 5-6 dimidiatis ; pygidio dense 

 punctato ; mesosterno profunda emarginato, stria interrupta. 



L. 13 mill. 



Oblong-oval, rather convex, black and shining; the head, 

 labrum transverse, anteriorly depressed in the middle, with 

 the anterior edge narrowly but rather deeply emarginate, 

 forehead flattish, stria somewhat fine but complete and nearly 

 straight in front; the thorax ciliate laterally, outer lateral 

 stria shortened at the base and anteriorly hamate and confined 



