346 Mr. G. Lewis on some 



Hister rugistrius, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte punctiilata, biimpressa, 

 stria antice recta utrinque interrupta ; elytris striis l^-S"" integris, 

 4* et 5* apice conjunctis ; propygidio pygidioque dense ocellato- 

 punctatis. 



L. 7 mill. 



Oval, convex, black, sliining ; forehead distinctly and 

 somewhat densely punctulate, stria deep and straight ante- 

 riorly, interrupted on either side, with two shallow impressions 

 close behind it, mandibles externally marginate ; the thorax, 

 disk impunctate, lateral marginal stria very fine, external 

 wide and rugose, shortened before the base, internal also wide 

 and rugose, approaching the external posteriorly and turning 

 inwards after passing it, fine and crenulate behind the head, 

 interstice irregularly punctured, punctures clustered at the 

 anterior angle ; the elytra, stride (including the internal sub- 

 humeral) wide and deep, with the edges crenulate, 1-3 entire, 

 fourth sometimes complete but very fine :n the middle, some- 

 times widely interrupted, with a short stria at the base and 

 an apical appendage which joins the fifth, which is equally 

 short, the sutural is apical but rather long and posteriorly 

 turns away from the suture ; the propygidium and pygidium 

 are densely punctured, punctures distinctly ocellate, at the 

 apex of the pygidium there is a small fovea, more or less 

 distinct, with a narrow smooth margin behind it ; the pro- 

 sternum is without sculpture ; the mesosternum is feebly 

 sinuous in front, stria complete, margin narrow ; the anterior 

 tibise are Iridentate, the others multispinous. 



This species should be placed close to H. jnetallicus. Lew,, 

 from India. 



Hob. Mandan, Bengal {Cardan^ 1891). 



Hister famulus y sp. n. 



Ovatus, niger, nitidus ; antennis pedibusque piceis ; pronoto utrinque 

 striate, stria brevi oblique impressa ; elytris l*-4"' integris, 5" 

 apicali, suturali dimidiata. 



L. 3 mill. 



Oval, convex, black, shining ; the forehead, stria complete 

 and somewhat straight anteriorly, feebly sinuous laterally; the 

 thorax transverse, marginal stria very fine and complete, 

 invisible at the sides when viewed from above, internal lateral 

 stria oblique, short, and much abbreviated at both ends, 

 and it is well within the margin ; the elytra, stria^ 1-4 com- 



