78 Mr. G. Lewis on 



Teretrius mogul, sp. n. 



C}lindricu9, robustus, niger, nitidus, undique parum dense punc- 

 tatus, pedibus piceis ; pronoto stria marginali integra ; prosterno 

 basi profunde inciso, striis modice divergentibus; mesosterno 

 stria transversa arcuata, tenui impressa j tibiis anticis 10-12- 

 denticulatis. 



L. ^-^ mill. 



Cylindrical, robust, black and shining, antennse and le^s 

 piceous. AVliolly punctured above, very similarly to kraatzi, 

 Avhicli Marseul calls '' sat fortiter et dense punctatus.'^ The 

 marginal stria of the thorax is complete behind the head ; 

 the presternum, the strire gradually diverge from the base to 

 the apex, sometimes terminating at the suture, sometimes 

 joining the marginal stria along the anterior rim (in one 

 example this variation occurs on one side and not ou the 

 other) ; the mesosternum is prominently produced, but the 

 marginal stria, beginning at the coxae, does not follow its 

 contour, but is arched and fine, and leaves rather a wide 

 anterior margin, all the sterna and the first abdominal 

 segment are finely and sparingly punctulate. The anterior 

 tibia are 10-12-denticulate, intermediate 7-8-, posterior 

 4-5-spinose. 



The peculiar mesosternal stria is a remarkable character 

 which distinguishes it from all the other species I know. 



Hab. Lahore, associated with Teretriosoina intrnsum, Mars. 

 (E. P. Stebbing). 



Teretrius alfierii, Pic. Echange, xxvi. p. 9 (1910). 



" Large et asscz court, presque parallele, siibconvexc, 

 brillant, roux ;\ ponctuation sur le dessus du corps asscz 

 forte et ecartee ; tibias antc'rieurs tres aplatis, creuses ct 

 ^^largis, moderement deutieules, propygidiuni ct pygidium 

 non densement ponctues. Voisiu de acaciue Reitt., plus 

 trapu et de coloration plus claire ; moins allonge que jmlex 

 Eairm." 



L. 2 mill. 



" Hab. Egypt a Choubra." 



The form given by the author seems to indicate that this 

 species belongs to tlic genus Terctriosoma, but the essential 

 characters of this genus and Teretrius lie in the sterna, of 

 which the author savs nothing. 



