new Species of Histerldoe. 235 



the apical margin of the elytra reddish ; the head densely and 

 rather rugosely punctate, transverse stria obliterated ; the 

 thorax, marginal stria complete, surface somewhat closely 

 punctured, points finest on the disk and before the scutellum ; 

 the elytra, stride similar to those of the preceding species, 

 except that the fifth and sutural are not so distinctly joined; 

 the propygidium is rather densely punctured, punctures 

 varying in size, some small and circular, others oblong and 

 rather large, and a few are confluent, and it has a lobe-shaped 

 but somewhat obscure elevation on either side ; the pygidium 

 is more finely and more evenly punctured; the prosternum, 

 anterior lobe marginate and sparsely punctate, keel bistriate, 

 striee widely sinuous in the middle and not clearly meeting in 

 front, surface of the keel with a few punctures smaller than 

 those of the lobe ; the mesosternum is marginal and bisinuous, 

 surface finely and sparingly punctulate ; the metasternum has 

 a straight and fine crenulate stria, which joins the lateral 

 stria, which is strong and oblique ; the tibiffi are formed like 

 those of E. manicatus, but are a little less dilated. 



Phelister conquisitus, sp. n. 



Eotundatu?, parum couvexus, piceus, nitidus ; fronte haud striata ; 

 pronoto stria marginali Integra, stria interna xitriiique interrupta ; 

 clytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 in medio late interrupta, 5 apicali, 

 suturali ultra medium abbreviata ; propygidio di-stinctc punc- 

 tato ; prosterno margine sulcato ; mesosterno dense punctulato. 



L. 2^ mill. 



Rather convex, piceous and shining; the head feebly 

 punctulate and without a frontal stria ; tiie thorax, marginal 

 stria fine and complete, lateral stria extremely fine and broken 

 in the middle, behind the eyes it is again interrupted, and 

 behind the neck clearly crenulate ; the elytra, stria3 1-3 com- 

 plete, 2-3 minutely hamate at the base, 4 short and basal, 

 distinctly hamate anteriorly, with a short apical appendage, 

 5 apical and equal in length to the appendage of the fourth 

 stria, sutural apical, but reaching beyond the middle, and 

 irregularly crenulate ; the propygidium is clearly punctate, 

 punctures closest on the anterior portion ; the pygidium is 

 microscopically punctulate ; the prosternum, anterior lobe 

 margined anteriorly with an even and deep furrow, and 

 coarsely punctate on either side before the suture, the median 

 area is densely punctulate, keel broadest at the base, com- 

 pletely marginate, and the surface densely punctulate; the 

 mesosternum is sculptured like the prosternum and marginate 



