:nS U\: G. Lewis on 



the thorax is somewliat straiglitencd near tlie anterior angles, 

 not arched like nicst of its congeners, the marginal 8trii>3 

 terminate near the eyos and the margin thickens slightly at 

 the fovea or fossette, and the t'ossette is fartlicr away from tlie 

 head than in any other known species of Jlololepta or Lio- 

 dervia. The elytra, the humeral furrow is shortened at both 

 ends and is similar to that of Lioderma acuiipectum, Lew. ; 

 the first and second dorsal stria? are short, basal, and well- 

 marked, the first has a short appendage and the second has 

 an ajipendage quite twice as long ; the propygidium is bi- 

 impressed apically and has punctures of varying sizes on 

 either side ; the pygidium is transverse and densely punc- 

 tured except the apex, which is transversely smooth ; the 

 prosternum is triangular at the base and narrow before the 

 coxoe, and the apex is slightly tuberculate or raised in the 

 middle, with a tubercle on either side of its point. 



This species is j)eculiar in tlie width of the space between 

 the head and the thoracic fovea and in the form of the 

 anterior edge of the keel. I have placed the species in 

 lluloJepta rather than in Lioderma, but only after some 

 hesitation, 



llah. Begoro, Ashanti. One male example. 



PIcesvis henffalensisj sp, n. 



Oblongus, subconvexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte stria intcrrupta, 

 niaudibulis baud conspicue convexis ; pronoto stria marginaU 

 Integra, lateral! valida iuipressa, baud sinuata ; elytris striia 

 1 integris, 2 parum abbreviata ; propygidio grosse baud dense 

 punctate; prosterno distincte bistriato, lobo punctato ; moso- 

 sterno antice profunde naargiiiato ; tibiis postice distincte 

 punctatis. 



L. 12 mill. 



Very similar to P. la'vis, Lew., but its outline is more 

 oblong, owing to the thorax being more transverse and less 

 narrowed anteriorly ; the mandibles also are not so conspicu- 

 ously convex, the lateral stria is not sinuous, the elytra] 

 humeral stria is not much shortened, but reaches a little 

 beyond the basal oblique stria, the second dorsal is well 

 defined and is nearly complete, the punctures of the pro- 

 pygidium are more coarse, and the posterior tibiae are distinctly 

 punctured. The tibia? of P. Icevis are smooth or very finely 

 and sparingly punctulate along the outer edge. 



This is the fourth species now known with a marginal 

 furrow in the mesostcrnum. 



IJah. Darjiling, North Bengal. 



