new Species of Hiatcr'nln?. J93 



lato : pygidio bwi tran«vor«im punctato ; prostorno l.tto baud 

 striato; inesosterno bisinuato, imtnarginato ; tibiis anticin raulti- 

 denticulutis. 

 L. 2| mill. 



Wry similar to .1. marseu/t, Lew., and pauperaftm, Sell., 

 which f«);^rt.i|,,.r form a local section of the j^eiim in which tho 

 lioad is smooth and without striio, the thorax ha^ a vfry fine 

 inar<;inal ^tria cl(»se to the cd^e and confined to the rei^ion of 

 the anterior anj^le, the pygidia are indistinctly punctured, 

 «n<l the prosternum broad and not striate. Specifically 

 pumicntit.i may he known hy it.'^ more ohlong form and by the 

 tliird dorsal stria being complete. 



JIuh. (^abo S. Juan, Biafra, West Africa. 



In the Museum of Madrid and ray own collection. 



Vhilylister ban Jib, sp. n. 



Oblongus, subdepressus, niger, nitidus ; fronte stria integra leviter 

 impre'sa, in medio subsinuata, clyj)eo emarginato ; pronoto stria 

 lalerali antico interrupta, postice ad angulos coiitinuata ; elytris 

 fltriis dorsalibus 1-2 iiitegris, 3 interrupta; pygidio raargine 

 elevato, a?']ualiter sat dense punctato; racsosterno stria margiuali 

 late interrupta; tibiis anticis 4-deDtati8. 



L. 5] mill. 



Oblong, somewhat depressed, bhick and shining ; the head 

 concave anteriorly, transverse stria rather fine and feebly 

 sinuous in the midille; the thorax, the lateral stria is inter- 

 rupted behind the head, but it is continued at the base round 

 the angle and terminates opposite the third elytral stria ; the 

 elytra, 1-2 dorsal strin» are complete, .") interrupted in the 

 middle, others are wanting ; the prop>'gidiutn has two clusters 

 of rather small punctures; the pygidium has the outer rim 

 elevated aud its surface evenly and ratiier densely punctured ; 

 the mesosternuii), the marginal stria does not pass along its 

 emargination ; the anterior tibiae are -i-dentate. 



Tiie thoracic stria of P. canal {colli s, Mars., is continued 

 along the whole of the base, but the stria in P. huude cease-* 

 at a point opposite the third dorsal stria*. The mesosternal 

 stria being intcrrupteil is also a cimracter to be noted. The 

 dorsal striie resemble those of P.abruptus, Er. 



Hub. Tcnimbcr and Banda Islands. Five examp!e-«. 



Platysoma tneurvatum, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatura, convexum, nigro-nitidum ; front© concava ; elytris 

 Ann. tt }[<!(/. X. I fist. Ser. t<. Vol. iv. 21 



