new Species of Ilisteiidse. 349 



tliink Ci'otcli would have found good specific characters in 

 the sterna if his species was really distinct ; but there is no 

 evidence that Crotch examined the undersides of his specimens. 



Ahrceus fakir J sp. n. 



Circularis, convexus, niger, subnitidus, supra dense subrugose punc- 

 tatus, setulis erectis seriatim ; antennis pedibusque obscure 

 rufo-brunneis ; fronte punctata baud impressa ; mesosterno 

 postice crenulato, laterali raarginato ; metasteri^o in medio 

 tenuissime canaliculato. 



L. 1|-1| mill. 



Body nearly circular in outline, convex, black, densely and 

 somewhat rngosely punctate, witli erect setaj arranged in lines 

 on the upper surface ; the head is less coarsely punctured than 

 the thorax and is not impressed on its vertex ; the thorax, 

 the basal transverse line is vaguely shown by the disposition 

 of the punctures; the propygidium is setose, like the elytra, 

 but the pygidiura is without setge and the punctuation is 

 smaller and clearer; the prosternum is wide and nearly 

 straight at the base; the mesosternuin is crenulate along its 

 basal edge, the crenulations are about twelve in number, it is 

 marginate laterally, and the marginal stria continues half 

 down the metasternum ; the metasternum is very feebly 

 canaliculate longitudinally in the middle ; all the sterna have 

 simiiar large punctures, which are somewhat densely set. 



This species may be placed near A. cohceres, Lew., but it 

 is smaller and has a crenulate edge to the base of the meso- 

 sternum. Paykull's Indian species exilis has a fine dorsal 

 punctuation, but it is a species I have not seen. 



Bah. Khandesh District, India (T. E. Bdl, 1903). 

 Many examples. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE X. 



Fig. 1. Hololepta Fe(e, Lew. 



Fig. 2. Lioderma intersectum, Lew. 



Fig. 3. Hister aino, Lew. 



Fig. 4. latistrius, Lew. 



Fig. 5. Pachycrcerus stdcicollis, Lew, 



Fig. 6. Ditto. Side view of pygidia. 



Fig. 7. Pachycrcerus princeps, Lew. 



Fig. 8. Chdlciirgus brevipeimis, Lew. 



Fig. 9. Notodoma saturum, Lew. 



Fig. 10. Lissosternus gracilipes, sp. n. 



Fig. 11. Saprinus inversus, Lew. I Outlines of the sulci in the pygidia of 



Fig. 12. aterrimus, Er. j the females. 



Except for the new species the references will be found in the 

 Catalogue published last March. 



