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Aj)ohletes ruhrofemoratus, sp. n. 



Oblougus, parallelus, convcxinsculus, niger, nitidus ; fronte punc- 

 tata, stria Integra ; pronoto stria marginali pone caput inter- 

 rupta ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 brevissima ; pj-gidio convexo, 

 ocellato-punctato ; tibiis anticis o-deutatis. 



L. 3 miU. 



Oblong, parallel, a little convex, black and shining, legs 

 reddish brown, with the thighs distinctly red ; the head is 

 concave anteriorly in the region of the stria, stria complete, 

 surface irregularly punctured, punctures fine, with larger ones 

 interspersed, on the vertex there is more or less a cluster of 

 points ; the thoraXj the marginal stria is interrupted behind 

 the middle of the neck and is sinuous laterally, the lateral 

 border is rather evenly punctured, the points not encroaching 

 on the interior area ; tiie elytra, striae 1-3 parallel to each 

 other and complete, -i very short and apical, there are two 

 punctures at the base, the outer one apparently represents an 

 appendage to the fourth stria, the inner represents all there is 

 of the fifth stria, there is no sutural ; the propygidium has a 

 scattered irregular punctuation with fine points intermixed ; 

 the pygidium has a more even and ocellate punctuation, but 

 the punctures are not closely associated, the surface of the 

 segment is convex ; the prosternum is without striae ; the 

 mesosternum is bisinuous, with a very distinct marginal stria, 

 which is 

 5-dentate. 



The general outline of this species is similar to that of 

 Platysoma Dufali^ Mars., but the form of the sterna is that 

 of an Apohletes. 



Ilab. Mahe, Malabar. 



Apohletes Foersten'i, sp. n, 



Oblongo-ovatus, complanatus, nigro-piceus, nitidus ; pedibus brun- 

 neis ; fronte punctulata, stria integra ; pronoto lateribus parco 

 sod distincte punctulato ; elytris striis 1-2 integris, 3 in medio 

 subinterrupta, 4 apicali ; prosterno bistriato ; mesostcrno stria 

 marginah late interriipta; tibiis auticis 4-dentatis, 



L. 3-3] mill. 



Oblong-oval, depressed, pitchy black ; the head feebly 

 impressed in front, stria complete, strong over the eyes, trans- 

 versely fine and very feebly bisinuous, surface througliout 

 with thinly scattered points ; the thorax narrowest at the 

 anterior angles, marginal stria strong from the base round the 



