THE ANiNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SEVENTH SERIES.] 

 No. 58. OCTOBER 1902. 



XXXIX. — On new Species o/" Histerid^e and Notices of 

 others. By G. Lewis, F.L.S. 



[Concluded from p. 239.] 



Eretmotus major, sp. n. 



Orbicularis, couvexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte tenuiter rugoso-pune- 

 tata ; pronoto la3viter punctulato ; prosterno basi subtiliter 

 punctulato, striis sinuatis ; mesosterno antice late arcuato mar- 

 ginatoque. 



L. 3^ mill. 



Orbicular, convex, black and shining ; tlie head feebly 

 impressed with shallow rugose punctures, some confluent 

 in the median area, but this sculpture disappears at the sides, 

 the lateral carinae are not strong ; the thorax, anterior angles 

 are obtuse and very similar to those of E. corjmlentus. Lew., 

 surface finely punctulate ; the elytra, striae, inner humeral 

 carinate and complete, 1 and 3 dorsal are basal and do not 

 reach the middle, 2 longer and apparently reaching beyond 

 the middle, all are fine; the pygidia are finely and evenly 

 punctulate ; the presternum, anterior lobe transverse and 

 narrow, and widely sinuous anteriorly, siniace feebly and 

 rugoscly punctured, the striae are rather fine and rather deejilv 

 sinuous at the coxae, the base of the keel is only very finely 



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