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List of Specif s. 



Lio])V£nis Andre-wesi. Grammostethiis, fren. nov. 



Platviif-ter niponensis. sinensis. 



Santalus piraticus, Letv. Peranus, pon. nov. 



Zabromorphus, gen. nov. Atliriliis. Thorns. 



Spilodiscus arcuatus, Say. Hister (Phelister) gentilis, Horn. 

 Pachylister pygidialis. 



Liopygus Andrewesi, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, depressus, parallclus, hrunncus, nitidus ; fronte 

 leviter impressa, stria aiiticc recta; elytris striis 1-2 intcgris, 3 

 in medio late intcrrupta, 4-5 apicalibus, quinta parve obliqua ; 

 propygidio punctato; pygidio cum fovcte transversim excavatse ; 

 mesosterno sinuato, stria integra ; tibiis auticis 4-denticulatis. 



L. 2i-2| mill. 



The species is extremely similar to L. scrohiciilatus, Sell., 

 but it differs by being rather more parallel and by the foveas 

 in the pygidium being larger and transversely excavated. 

 Those of scrohiculatus are circular in outline. 



Huh. Nilgiri Hills [H. L. Andrewes). Many specimens. 



Platylister niponensis, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, subdopressus, niger, nitidus ; fronte concava, stria' 

 recta sed la}vissime impressa ; pronoto stria laterali integra: 

 elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 ante medium abbreviatis, 5 ct suturali 

 brevibus lincis punctatis ; pygidio marginato, margine utrinque 

 ccnspicue elevato ; mesosterno stria marginali late interrupta ; 

 tibiis anticis 4-dcntatis. 



L. 6| miU. 



Oblong-oval, rather depressed, black and shining; the 

 head, mandibles punctate, forehead and epistoma concave, 

 stria complete, transversely straight, but ver}' fine ; the 

 thorax, lateral stria continued behind the head; the elytra, 

 stria,^, inner humeral ^Yanting, dorsal 1-3 complete, 4 reaches 

 rather beyond the middle and has somewhat crenulate edges, 

 5 is apical and shorter, consisting almost wholly of punctures, 

 sutuval does not reach the apex nor the middle and is com- 

 posed of 5 or 6 points ; the propygidium is rather coarsely 

 punctured, with the base narrowly smooth ; the pygidium is 

 closely, evenly, and coarsely punctate, with the outer rim 

 robust and markedly elevated laterally; the mesosternum, 

 marginal stria widely interrupted anteriorly; the anterior 

 tibiae are 4-dentate, the two median teeth are rather Avidely 

 separated. 



