neiv Species of ll'istcndiv. 187 



inrun- humeral slria is similar to tlie first dorsal, tlie other 

 species being «/<?r, Payk., ajricanus and crenulatus, Lew. ; 

 and ihrre are some species of Contipus which also have 

 [similar .stria\ From IJisler (i/ricamis this species differs by 

 the colour, its greater convexity, the punctate thorax, and 

 the presence of an outer though shortened humeral stria. 

 According to I'aykull's figure of a/er, the thorax and the 

 pygiilia are similarly and not coarsely jjunclured. 

 JIab. BihCj Angola. 



Hister multidens, Sch. Ent. Naclir. xv. p. 94 (1889). 



This species iriay bo added to the faunistic list of Japan; 

 it was found there by the late Mr. J. H. Leech. 



NOTOLISTER, Lewis. 



Owing to the discovery of more species of this genus, the 

 following additional characters may be given : — The antennal 

 fossettes are a little behind the anterior angles, the forehead 

 has no transverse stria, the deep lateral tlioracic sulcus is a 

 very important character and always terminates abruptly at 

 both ends, the apices of the elytra are constantly punctate, 

 and the anterior tibise are 7-dentate. 



Notolister unisirius, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexiuscuhis, niger, nitidus ; thorace lateribus profunde 

 sulcato ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4-5 nuUis, suturali auticc 

 multo abbreviatu ; mesosterno stria trausversali unica. 



L. 7i miU. 



Oval, rather convex, black and shining ; the head, there is 

 no frontal stria and the vertex is uneven, surface finely 

 punctulate ; the thorax, marginal stria complete, with a 

 widened interstice behind the head, where the stria is feebly 

 crenulate, lateral sulcus rugose and wider and deeper than 

 that of N. Edwardsi, Mars., and resembles that of suIcicoUis, 

 Lew. ; the elytra, epipleura 5-striate, outer, humeral stria 

 shortened well before the base, inner apical and almost obso- 

 lete, 1-3 dorsal complete and punctate-striate towards the 

 apex, 4-5 are wanting, sutural punctate apical and reaching 

 just beyond the middle, apex punctate, the punctures do not 

 extend along the interstices of any of the striae ; the pro- 

 pygidium is wholly covered with large, round, evenly-set 

 punctures ; the pygidium, the punctures are less close and 

 less coarse; the presternum is like that of catenatus; the 



