■nev) /S)>»ec/e5 0/ IIistevi(Ue. 39o 



latcnil stria sliort aiul obscure, Ijcgiiinini^ before (lie coxa; onl}' 

 and eliding before the transverse suture, wliich is well marked ; 

 tlie anterior lobe is short and transverse ; mesosternum 

 bisinuate anteriorly and margined with a stria; propygidium 

 and ]n'gidium rather densely punctured. 



Kretmofus has two claws on each tarsus. 



Hah. Saida, Algeria (^Baron Bonnaire). 



Triballus corylophioides, sp. n. 



Circularis, supra convexus, jiicoiis, nitidus; ])roi]oto clytrisquo latc- 



ridibus striatis ; prosterno bistriato ; autcuuis pedibusfjuc rutis. 

 L. \% mill. 



Circular in outline, convex above, piceous, shining ; fore- 

 head slightly convex, clypeus short and obtuse ; thorax, lateral 

 stria well marked, ceasing at the anterior angle, and sinuous 

 in the middle ; elytra with a stria similar to that of the thorax 

 at the sides, no dorsal stria ; the whole of the upper surface 

 appears finely punctulate under strong microscopic power, but 

 there is no other sculpture ; prosternum broad, with a fine 

 and short stria on each side near the coxa? ; before the ante- 

 rior lobe is a feeble but distinct transverse ridge, and the edge of 

 the lobe is narrowly reflexed ; the meso- and metasternum and 

 the first segment of the abdomen are without stride ; the meso- 

 sternum is anteriorly nearly straight ; legs reddish, tibiae a 

 little dilated before the tarsi, edges without spines. 



This species in the almost total absence of sculpture 

 resembles an Idolia. 



Hah. Sumatra. 



Saprinus jlavipenniSj Pdringuey. 



The type of this has been kindly sent to me by Mr. L. 

 Peringuey, and I find it does not differ from cniciatus, V. 

 It is a European species, which occurs also as far south as 

 the Transvaal. 



Saprinodes, gen. nov. 



I propose this genus to receive a curious species from 

 Queensland ; it differs from Sa2rri)i)(S in having slender falci- 

 form anterior tibia?, narrowed at either end, and in having 

 two thirds of their length grooved for the reception of the 

 tarsi. The anterior tibia also is carried on beyond the point 

 where the tarsi are inserted, and terminates in a very con- 

 spicuous hook. The body is not very convex and the legs 

 are longer than in Saj^i'inus, while the prosternal cavities in 



