new Species o/Histeridte. 237 



stria complete and nearly straight anteriorly, forehead slightly 

 concave behind the stria, surface sparingly and minutely 

 punctulate ; the thorax, marginal stria very fine and ceasing 

 behind the eyes, lateral stria arched and feebly crenulate 

 behind the anterior angles, interrupted behind the eyes, the 

 stria is continued behind the neck, where it is crenulate and 

 both its ends are retlexed, surface punctulate like the head, 

 with a i^vf large punctures scattered on either side of the disk, 

 the scutellar fovea is longitudinal and acuminate anteriorly ; 

 the elytra, stri^ 1-3 complete, 4 almost complete, 5 dimidiate 

 with a few additional punctures, sutural two thirds of the 

 elytral length, all the strife have more or less crenulate edges ; 

 the propygidium is clearly and rather densely ocellate-punc- 

 tate; the pygidium is minutely and densely rugose, with a 

 few punctures visible here and there; the prosternum, the 

 keel is very narrow behind the anterior lobe, and there is a 

 marginal stria which is united at both ends ; the mesosternum, 

 the marginal stria is fine and widely sinuous, the transverse 

 stria is also fine and feebly arched, and it continues laterally 

 along the metasternum ; the first segment of the abdomen is 

 bistriate at the sides, the inner stria being continued along 

 the basal edge; the anterior tibiae are 6-dentate. 



Hah. Ulster, New York Province, U.S.A. [H. H. Smith). 



OmaJodes foveipetinis, sp. n. 



Breviter ovatus, couvexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte punetulata, in 

 medio profunde foveolata, stria Integra, antico retrorsum acumi- 

 nata ; pronoto lateribus punctulato, margine haud sinuato ; 

 elytris bifoveolatis, striis dorsalibus punctorum lineis compositis; 

 propygidio basi bifoveolato et iu medio conspicue impresso ; 

 tibiis anticis 6-dentatis. 



Shortly oval, convex, black and shining ; the head clearly 

 punctulate, with a deep fovea on the vertex, stria complete, 

 with an anterior acumination similar to that of O. sinuati- 

 collis ; the thorax, marginal stria complete and strong, sides 

 punctulate, especially behind the anterior angles, scutellar 

 fovea small and shallow ; the elytra, strias, outer humeral fine 

 and complete, inner less distinct, dorsal stria? all punctiform, 

 1-3 complete, 4-5 consist of a very few punctures and do not 

 reach beyond the middle, the sutural is more conspicuous 

 than the fourth, but does not reach the base, at the base 

 of the third stria there is a conspicuous fovea ; the propy- 

 gidium has two large fovese on either side with a median 

 impression on the posterior edge, in and near the foveie thi 



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