278 ^Ir. G. Lewis on 



jmnctured, the punctures are very irregular, some crescent- 

 shaped, sonic semicircular but not close together, and these 

 again are mixed witii fine points, the apex is margined by a 

 fine stria; the prosternum is bistriate, the striae are divergent 

 before and behind ; the mesosternuin is outwardly margined 

 by a ratiier fine stria complete anteriorly, the suture between 

 it and the metastcrnum is marked by a straight crenulate 

 stria, the latter segment has a few imbricate punctures along 

 its base, the punctures being most numerous at the sides ; the 

 legs are similar to those of the last species. 



The small size, prosternal striae divergent at both ends, 

 and the crenulate metastcrnal stria are characters whicli easily 

 separate this species from tlie last. The stria on the pygidium 

 is not very easy to see. 



Hah. Kuilu, French Congo [Mocquerys^ 1892). 



Epitoxus, gen, nov. 



Body oval or suborbicular, convex ; the head retractile, 

 frontal stria complete ; the thorax with an impression before 

 the scutellum more or less distinctly arcuate or biarcuate ; 

 the elytra with six dorsal stria}, the fourth and sutural some- 

 times joining at the base ; the propygidium is transverse, the 

 pygidium semicircular and declined, the prosternum bistriate, 

 and the anterior tibia; multispinose. The other characters 

 agree with those of Phelister. Ty])e Fhelister circulifrons, 

 Mars. 



There are five species known which should be placed in 

 this genus: three have the sutural dorsal stria? shortened, 

 viz. 1 hehster circulifrons^ Mars., hilaruluSy Lew., and the 

 species de.-cribed below ; while P. breviusculus, Fahr., and 

 nitidus, Lew., have the fourth and sutural dorsal striae com- 

 plete and joined at the base. Of P. circulifrons and hre- 

 viusculus there are excellent figures in Marsuel's monograph. 



Epitoxus corycceuSj sp. n. 



Ovalis, parum convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte stria Integra, antice 

 fere recta ; pronoto latcribus punctato, ante scutellum bi- 

 arcuatim impresso ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4-5 brevibus, 

 suturali paululum obliqua, dimidiata ; pygidio punctulato ; pro- 

 sterno bistriato ; mesosterno marginato. 



L. 4| mill. 



Oval^ raiber convex, black and shining ; the head, fore- 

 head .'^mooth, stria complete, not strong, feebly sinuous behind 

 the mandibles, almost straight anteriorly ; the thorax, mar- 

 ginal stria complete, lateral border with a band of punctures, 



