neio Species of Ilisteridie. 401 



iii/)07ii'cHS, occidental IS, sinensisj sinualicoUis, socins, sodalis 

 (iig. l), steni)ceph(ilus, Low. Ahii.scul does not mention the 

 prostcrnal .stiia of slercoriger, and I liave not seen the type, 

 but its other characteid agree with the above. The [)ro- 

 sternal strife resemble those ot" a .s|)ecie8 uf Idisier. 



Grammostethus sinensis, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convoxinscuhis, niger, nitidiis; froiite stria sotnicirculari ; 

 pronoto stria anticc distincto bisiuuata, fovea ante scutellum 

 miiuita ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, obsolete creriiilatis, 4 basi 

 abbreviata cum rudimeuto punctiformis, 5 ct suturali apicalibua ; 

 proslerno bistriato ; mesostenio leviter sinuato ; tibiis anticis 

 (j-7-denticulatis. 



L. 4.^ mill. 



This species is very simihir to sodalis, Low., but the 

 outline is more perfectly oval, the thoracic stria more 

 distinctly sinuous behind the iiead, tlie dorsal stri« are finer 

 and feebly crenulate, the fifth and sutural striae are distinctly 

 shorter, the appendage to the fourth stria consists of a single 

 puncture, and the mesosternuni is slightly less sinuous. 



JJab. Chang Yang, near Icluing, China. 



Peranus, ^eu. nov. 



Body oval, convex ; head, mandibles concave above, 

 labrum transverscand natrow, frontal stria biarcuate; antennaj, 

 joints of the funiculus slightly robust behind the club ; 

 thorax narrowed from the base, with one lateral stria, and 

 markedly toveolate behind the anterior angle, antennal fossa 

 is in the anterior angle and closely similar in outline to that 

 of AtkohtSj but wider and less deep ; the elytra, the humeral 

 strife are generally wanting, the fifth and sutural striae when 

 complete join at the base ; pygidium convex and but 

 slightly transverse ; prosternum, keel narrow ; mesosternum 

 very feebly sinuous anteriorly ; anterior tibiie 3-dentate, 

 posterior multispinose. 



Fio'. 5. 



Peranus sciitellaris, Er. 



This genus must be placed before Atholus ; the species are 

 Hister scutellaris, Er. (Hg. 5), hipustidatus, F., Maindronii, 



