348 Mr. G. Lewis on 



joint 1 globose, 2-7 small ancl gradually becoming more 

 transverse, club oval and somewhat elongate ; thorax widest 

 at the base, sulcate laterally ; elytra feebly striate ; pro- 

 pygidium rather wide and semicircular in outline ; pygidiuni 

 nearly circular ; the presternum , the keel is relatively wide 

 and the base has an arched outline to receive the raeso- 

 sternum, which is obtusely projected ; the legs are long, with 

 the tibiae slightly dilated, tarsal grooves scarcely traceable. 



Lissosternus gracilipes, sp. n. (PI. X. fig. 10.) 



Ovatus, convexns, rufo-brunneus ; fronte antice sinuata ; pronoto 

 minute tuberculato, stria laterali valida impressa ; elytris striis 

 tenuissimis ; prosterno vix lato, bistriato. 



L. 1 miU. 



Oval, convex, reddlsli brown, and shining ; the head is 

 sinuous anteriorly in outline ; the tliorax, anterior edge bi- 

 sinuous, lateral stria well marked, with the outer edge clearly 

 punctured, on the vertex there are a few minute tubercles, 

 the four in front of the scutellura are set transversely; the 

 elytra, the dorsal stride are very faint and shortened, except 

 the sutural, which is more marked and complete ; the pro- 

 ])ygidium is semicircular posteriorly, with small tubercles 

 along the edge and some less defined on its surface ; the 

 prosternum is rather wide, the keel is smooth and polished, 

 with two lateral strise, wdiich widen out towards the base,* the 

 anterior lobe has shallow punctures ; tlie mesosternura, along 

 the anterior edge are a few punctures and on either side a 

 very fine stria which terminate in a small excavation behind 

 the acumination, laterally there are two very fine stride and 

 there is no visible suture to it and the metasternum. 



The figure of this species is an excellent drawing ; the 

 insect is probably formicicolous. 



Hah. Bahia. 



Crotch reported a species of Saprinus from Syria In the 

 * Ordnance Survey of Sinai,' published at Southampton in 

 1869, in these words : — 



" Saj)7-inus sinat'ticus, sp. n. The only diff'erence that I 

 can discover, from description [between it and S. Jiguratus, 

 Mars.], is in the punctuation of the thorax ; in Jiguratus there 

 are three separate defined smooth patches, here all three are 

 united into one, showing only faint indentations to indicate 

 its possible division.''^ 



At present it is best to consider S. sinaiticus a nondescript. 

 The prosternal strise in S. Jiguratus are so peculiar that I 



