On new ColeopUra from the Oriental Iif</'ion. Hi 



Fischeria glohosa, sp. ii. (Fig. 10.) 



Shell irregularly trigonal, very much inflated, bluish white 

 covered with a j)ale olive-green pcriostracutn, marked with 

 indistinct concentric linos of growth, which l)ccome wrinkled 

 and more aj>parent posteriorly ; uinboes violet, largf, j)roiiii- 

 nont; li^auioMt short, prominent; dorsal margin strongly 

 arciied ; ventral margin sinuous; anterior side acuminately 

 rounded ; posterior side rostrate, angled ; right valvo bearing 

 one squarish, slightly bifid cardinal tooth, a somewhat twisteil 

 posterior lateral and a very fine elongate anterior lateral 

 tooth ; lolt valve bearing two rounded cardinal teeth, tlio 

 lateral teeth being almost obsolete on both sides ; interior of 

 shell bluish lilac, with a somewhat granular surface. 



Long. 14, lat. 18 mm. 



Ilab. Congo Delta. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. 



Fig. 1. Ennea (Gulella) pal/art/i, sp. n. 



Fit/. 2. Achatina IhotelUrinna, sp. n. 



Fig. 3. Dreissensia bananaensis, sp. u. 



Fig. 4. gibbernsa, sp. n. 



Fig. /). Unio (Xcxlularia) subnigra, sp. n. 



Fig. (3. Mutvla Ihotelleriano, sp. n. 



Fig. 7. SpiUha s^micorrugata, sp. n. 



Fig. 8. Vorhicidn gaboncyxsiit, sp. n. 



Fig. 9. Galatea rubrotincta, sp. u. 



Fig. 10, Fitcheria globota, sp. n. 



X. — Four new LamelHcorn Cohoptera from the Oriental 

 Region. By Gilbert J. Arrow. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



In a recent part of the ' Annals ' I published some notes 

 upon African species of the genus Sisyphus. Having at the 

 same time examined such other types of the genus as are 

 accessible to mo, 1 now give a lew notes upon Oriental 

 :>ccie3. These are not nearly .so numerous as their African 

 ■ngoncrs, and the following is a complete list of those at 

 I 1 est. lit known : — 



*boicrinfji, White, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1844, xiv. 

 p. 42;^. Hong Kong. 



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