new Species of Ilistcridie. 229 



Eblisia Nairii, sp. n. 



Obloiigo-ovata, deprcssa, nigra, nitida ; fronte imprcssa, stria in- 

 tegra ; proiioto stria laterali a margiue distanti pone oculos 

 retrorsum acuminata ; elytris striis 1-8 integris, 4-5 dimidiatis, 

 suturuli simillima, sed postice abbreviata ; pygidio la^vi utrinque 

 profunde cxcavato. 



Oblong-oval, depressed, black and shining ; the head im- 

 punctate, frontal stria well-marked and slightly bent, with a 

 shallow and somewhat wide impression behind it ; the thorax, 

 stria complete, strong and sinuous laterally, and somewhat 

 distant from the margin (like that of Phelister Steinheili, 

 Mars.), less deep and arched behind the anterior angle, and 

 acuminately reflexed behind the eyes; the elytra, striae 1-3 

 complete, 4-5 coequal and dimidiate, sutural similar to the 

 fifth but shortened apically; the propygidium has a trans- 

 verse median band of deep irregular punctures ; thepygidium 

 is smooth, with two large and deep comma-shaped excavations 

 at the base ; the proslernuni, the keel is rather narrow and 

 posteriorly semicircular in outline, between the coxcie are two 

 stria?, which diverge behind, and apparently but not distinctly 

 join in front ; the mesosternum is widely sinuous and has a 

 well-marked stria wiiicli is only marginal at the sinuosity, it 

 continues along the side of the metasternum, and behind the 

 angles of the mesosternum there is a short outer stria ; the 

 metasternum and the tirst segment of the abdomen are laterally 

 bistriate ; the anterior tibia3 are 5-dentate. 



llab. Mahe, Malabar. 



EblL 



jjagana, sp. n. 



Ovata, dcpressa, nigra, nitida ; fronte imprcssa, stria Integra ; 

 pronoto stria laterali a margine distanti pono angulos acute 

 angulatu ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 apicali baud dimidiata, 

 5 et suturali ultra medium abbreviatis ; pygidio profunde bifovco- 

 lato ; tibiis anticis 5-spinosis. 



L. 3 mill. 



Oval, depressed, black and shining j the head sparsely 

 punctulate, stria well-marked and feebly sinuous, forehead 

 impressed behind the stria ; the thorax, stria complete, strong 

 and sinuous laterally, and somewhat distant from the margin 

 except at the base, where it turns inwards, behind the angles 

 (where a feeble punctuation is visible) the stria is finer and 

 distinctly angulate ; the elytra, stride 1-3 complete, 4 apical 

 and one third of the elytial leiigth, 5 reaches just beyond the 



