new Species of Histeridre. 79 



Platylister procerus, sp. u. 



Oblongo-ovatus, subdcpressus, nipper, nitidus ; frontc concava, stria 

 utriiujue iuterruptu, nuiiulibiilis in medio impressis ; proiioto 

 stria laterali baud interrupta ; clytris striis 1-3 integris, 4-5 et 

 suturali brevibus liiicis punctatis ; pygidio dense punctato, mar- 

 gine posticc hcvi baud elevato : mesosterno stria marginali 

 obscure intcgra ; tibiis anticis 4-5-dentatis. 



L. Si-9 mill. 



Oblong-ovalj rather depressed, black aud sliiiiiug ; fore- 

 head concave, with the stria obsoletely interrupted ou either 

 side ; labrura transverse^ with an arched outline, not cmar- 

 ginatc ; mandibles rather broad and impressed in the middle ; 

 tlie thorax, lateral stria well marked and continued behind 

 head, scutellar fovea very small ; the elytra, 1-3 dorsal 

 striae complete, 4—5 and sutural fine, apical, punctiform or 

 broken, the sutural is sometimes wanting; the propygidium 

 transversely punctured, punctures irregular and not very 

 close; the pygidium is evenly and rather closely punctate, 

 Avith the posterior rim smooth but not elevated ; tlie meso- 

 sternum is emargiuate, and behind the emargination the 

 stria is fine but traceable as complete ; the anterior tibiae 

 are 4-5-dentate. 



The dorsal striae of this species resemble those of cathayi 

 and niponensis, Lew. It is the largest species of the genus 

 known except niirabilis, Lew, 



Hub. Kouy-Tcheou, province of Central China, east of 

 Yunnan {Fere Cavelerie, 1908) (? Kwei chau of the 'Times' 

 Atlas). Two examples in the Paris Museum and one in my 

 collection. 



Platysoma viatorium, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatum, subdepressum, nigrum, nitidum ; fronte punctu- 

 lata tenuiter impressa, stria integra ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 

 4-6 abbreviatis ; pygidio basi grosse punctato, margine postice 

 late laevi ; mesosterno parum late emarginato ; tibiis anticis 4- 

 denticulatis. 



L. 31 mill. 



Oblong-oval, rather depressed, black and shining; the 

 head finely punctulate, with more conspicuous punctures 

 along the base, frontal stria complete, forehead and clypeus 

 impressed ; the thorax finely punctulate laterally, the lateral 

 stria continues anteriorly to behind the eye, where it is 

 slightlv disconnected from a straiijht crenulate stria behind 



