•^fi4 Mr. G. [y.'VVis on 



fti'pt/f/Hft, Mar?., for wliich Marseul's inea=«urenKMit Is 3 millhn. ; 

 but this oTil}^ nieasiives 2-k niillini. 

 Jlab. Pcrak, low country {Do/tevfi/). 



Apohleies semirufuft, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, eomplanatiis, subtus piceus; elytris rufis, striis l*-;'5'" 

 iritcjn-is, 4* basi ab])roviata, 5* apicali ; prosterno bistriato ; pygi- 

 dio ])unctnlato; pedibus rufis. 



L. l|-2 mill. 



OLlong-ovate, flat, piceous beneath, head and thorax (except 

 the margins) above black, elytra red, [)rop}gidiuni and pygi- 

 dium reddish brown ; head flat, finely punctured, j)uncture.s 

 not dense, striate above the eyes only ; thorax somewhat 

 transverse, feebly and sparsely punctulate at the sides, lateral 

 .«tria fine and anteriorly ceasing behind the eye, at the bas '. 

 it continues round the angle as far as the first elytral stria, 

 and behind each eye, a little di>tant from the margin, is a 

 short bent stria; elytral str'as fine and feebly punctate- 

 striate, first to third complete, fourth evanescent at the l)ase, 

 fifth short and apical ; propygidium and pygidium finely, 

 not densely, j)unctate, the latter with a sligiit imjiression on 

 each side at the base; prosternum bistriate, stria3 from the 

 coxa3 widening out towards the anterior lobe, lobe clearly- 

 punctate ; mesosternum transverse, bisinuate, stria complete, 

 but very close to the margin behind the pvosternal keel, 

 more clearly visible and stronger at the anterior angles ; the 

 anterior tibite have lour or i\ve blunt teeth. 



Jlab. Bahia. 



Platysoma soh'taniini, sp. n. 



Ovatum, convexiusculuui, nigrum, nitidum ; t'ronte baud exoavata ; 



elytris striis validis, l''-3'" integris, 4"-5* diuiidiutis ; prosterno 



angustato, lobo inarginato ; pygidio puuctato. 

 L. 3 mill. 



Oval, rather convex, black, shining ; head and clypeus 

 scarcely impressed, impunctate, stria com])lete, transversely 

 fine and nearly straight; jjronotum smooth, stria fine and 

 complete, lateral margin narrow and same width throughout, 

 sides of tliorax gradually turn inwards from the base, anterior 

 angles robust; el}tra, striie well marked and all equally 

 impressed, 1— J complete, 4-5 almost equal, a|)ieal, ami reacii- 

 ing to the middle; the fitth is rather further from the suture 

 than iiom the fourth ; propygidium and j»ygidiiiin a little. 



