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stria nearly straight anteriorly, second stria widely arched : 

 first segment of the abdomen bistriate laterally ; the anterior 

 tibia? are 6-denticulate. 



In the curious furrow in the pygidium there is a great 

 resemblance to those of Saprinus ceneicollis, Mars., and other 

 South- American Saprini, but there is no other character to 

 connect them; the Saprinini seem to me to be wholly 

 disconnected from all the other groups. 



J lab. Paraguay {Dr. Bohls). 



Phelister Colombia, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus, elytris brunneis ; fronte imprcssa, 

 stria ant ice interrupta ; pronoto stria laterali post angulos arcuata ; 

 elytris striis 1-4 integris, 4 basi arcuata, 5 et suturali dimidiatis; 

 propygidio sparse punctato ; pygidio fere laevi ; prosfcerno bi- 

 striato, striis baud conjunctis ; tibiis anticis 6-7-denticulatis. 



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Oval, convex, black and shining, elytra reddish brown, 

 colour somewhat obscure on the disk; the head, forehead 

 impressed, surface finely punctulate, stria interrupted ; the 

 thorax punctulate like the head, with five or six larger punc- 

 tures well within the lateral margin, marginal stria complete 

 and behind the head crenate, lateral stria hamate behind the 

 angle and ceasing behind the eye, scutellar fovea circular in 

 outline ; the elytra, stria? 1-4 complete, fourth arched at the 

 base but not quite reaching the suture, 5-6 equal, dimidiate, 

 and apical, outer humeral very fine, apical, and nearly 

 dimidiate; the propygidium somewhat irregularly and 

 sparsely punctured; the pygidium, punctuation very fine and 

 scarcely visible; the prosternum is bistriate, stria? not joining 

 at either end, but bend towards each other from the base ; 

 the mesosternum is markedly bisinuous, marginal stria com- 

 plete and crenate, the second stria is widely arched and also 

 crenate and prolonged laterally to the posterior coxa? ; the 

 legs are reddish and the anterior tibia? 6-7-denticulate. 



Hab. Pischinde, Colombia (W. F. H. Rosenberg). 



Phelister rubricatus, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus, elytris partim rufis ; fronte im- 

 pressa, stria antice interrupta ; pronoto stria laterali post angulos 

 arcuata, basi minime abbreviata ; elytris striis 1-5 integris, 

 suturali ultra medium abbreviata ; pygidio fere laevi ; tibiis anticis 

 H-7-denticulatis. 



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