'2oCj Mr. G. Lewis on 



anteriorly, witli an arclied crcnulate stria which continue? to 

 the base of the metasternum ; anterior tibiaj 5-dentate. 

 llab. Ulster, New York Province, U.S.A. (//. II. Smith). 



Phelister foveicollisi sp. n. 



Ovalis, parum convexus, piceus, nitidus ; froiite excavata ; pronoto 

 conapicue bifoveolato, lateribus sparsim punetato ; elytris striis 

 1-3 integris, 4 dimidiata, 5 apicali, suturali ultra medium abbre- 

 viata ; prosterno parum lato, bistriato ; mcsosteruo in medio baud 

 marginato. 



L. 2| mill. 



Oval, rather convex, piceous and shining; tlie head exca- 

 vate and finely and sparingly punctalate, stria fine and inter- 

 rupted behind the epistoma; the thorax conspicuously but 

 not closely punctate laterally, but not close to the border, 

 surface finely punctulate like the head, marginal stria com- 

 plete, in a line behind the eye halfway before the base is a 

 very conspicuous fovea on either side, and there is a minute 

 fovea placed obliquely near each of the larger fovea?, the 

 scutellar fovea is oval and very distinct ; the elytra, striae, 

 inner humeral apical and rather wide, with a short finer 

 median appendage, dorsal striae 1-3 complete, the second 

 turns away from the first at the base, 4 is apical and di- 

 midiate and punctiform anteriorly, 5 apical and shorter and 

 also punctiform anteriorly, sutural stronger and somewhat 

 abbreviated before the base, at the base of eacb elytron there 

 is a transverse bent stria, which is apparently an appendage 

 to both the sutural and fourth striai ; the propygidium and 

 pygidium (except at the apex) are clearly but not closely 

 punctured; the prosternuni is ratiier wide, bistriate, stria3 

 sinuous between the coxa? and do not touch t:he base nor turn 

 towards each other in front ; the mesosternuni has two short 

 marginal stria3 at either angle and a transverse arched crcnu- 

 late stria which continues along the sides of the metasternum ; 

 the anterior tibiee are 6-7-spinose. 



Hah. Pard, Brazil (//. //. Smith). 



Phdister hospes, sp. n. 



Ovalis, parum convexus, piceus, nitidus ; fronte leviter concava, 

 stria Integra ; pronoto stria laterali ad angalos arcuata, pone 

 oculos intcrrupta ; elytris striis ] -3 integris, 4 basi subabbre- 

 viata, 5 dimidiata, suturali basi abbreviata; proi)ygidio ocellato- 

 punctato ; pygidio dense et minute rugoso ; prosterno bistriato, 

 striis autico et postice conjunctis ; tibiis anticis G-dentatis. 



L. 2 mill. 



Oval, somewhat convex, piceous and .shining ; the head, 



