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This species should be placed next to A. strialellus, Mars. 

 Uab. Madagascar (Tainatave). 



Platysoma jejunum, sp. n. 



Late ovatum, deprcssiusculum, piceum, nitidiim ; clytrisstriis l*-3" 

 integris, 4"-6'" apicalibus ; propygidio pygidioque undiquo puiic- 

 tatis. 



L. 3 miU. 



Broadly oval, rather depressed, pitchy red, shining ; the 

 forehead microscopically piinctulate, stria strong and complete, 

 feebly sinuous behind the mandibles, little bowed in front ; 

 the thorax smooth, stria entire, lateral interstice broadest 

 before the middle, scutellar spot very fine ; the elytra, striae 

 evenly and well impressed, 1-3 complete, tiie first little bent and 

 following the outline of the wing-case, 4-5 straight, equal in 

 length, apical, and nearly reaching the middle ; the propy- 

 gidium and the pygidium, the whole surface of these seg- 

 ments is densely punctured, there is no smooth or raised 

 margin whatever to either ; the prosternum, lobe rather 

 densely punctulate, keel without strige ; the mesosternum is 

 broad, feebly sinuate behind the keel, anterior angles a little 

 oblique, stria complete, sternal plates and first segment of 

 abdomen impunctate, sutures faintly visible, metasternal 

 lateral stria is stronger than the mesosternal stria and these 

 strise do not quite join ; the anterior tibiae are 4-dentate, 

 tarsal grooves nearly straight. 



This species is not similar to a7iy of the described species 

 by reason of its breadth and comparative flatness. It may 

 be placed near to P. exortivum, Lew., a species resembling 

 jejunum in the tarsal grooves. The sculpture of the pro- 

 pygidium and pygidium is characteristic, 



Hab. Perak (low country) . One example. 



Hister cinnamonieus, White, 1^AQ, = Platysoma 

 carol inum, Payk., 1811. 



I have examined White's type in the Museum, and I think 

 there can be no doubt that the locality given by him is a 

 wrong one : he was probably misled by the collector. 



Cylistix asiatica, sp. n. 



Oblonga, nigra, nitida ; pronoto parum dense punctato ; elytris striis 

 la_4™ suturalique integris, 5* basi interrupta ; prosterno baud 

 striate. 



L. 5^ mill. 



26* 



