)ieio Sj^ecies o/'IIisterklce. 81 



Tlie oblique interstitial elytriil stria is obliterated in 

 poggei by the rugose sculpture, but it is traceable in singu- 

 laris, Sell., and shows that the inner humeral stria is eoinplcte 

 and similar to the stria of those species 1 have assigned to the 

 genus E^rurhabdus. The outline of the mesosternum is formed 

 the same in both genera, and they should be placed close 

 together in the Catalogue. The outer humeral stria in 

 poggei extends from the base, where it is earinate, to beyond 

 the middle; in singularis it is wholly earinate but short, 

 ceasing where \n poggei it is no longer earinate. 



Macrolister curvisirius, sp. n. 



Ovatus, convcxus, nigcr, nitidus ; labro excavato, emarginato, stria 

 frontali Integra teuuitcr iinprcssa; pronoto stria interna baud 

 intcrrupta; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 basi abbreviata apico 

 couspicue siuuata, 5 et suturali obsoletis ; propygidio puuctu- 

 lato, margine postice in medio loevi ; pygidio dense punctato ; 

 prosterno baud striate; mesostemo stria marginali intcrrupta; 

 tibiis anticis S-dentatis. 



L. 12-13 mill. 



This species is very similar to latipes, Palis. Bcauv., hut 

 the labrum is rather less wide, the inner thoracic stria is 

 complete, not interrupted behind the head, and the outer 

 stria quite reaches the base, the elytral fourth stria is not 

 punetiform, but shortened by about one-third at the base, and 

 posteriorly it is markedly sinuous, the propygidium is much 

 more clearly punctured, with a median smooth space on the 

 posterior border ; the sterna are similar to those of latipes. 

 'Ihe thoracic stria being complete is of importance, as the 

 other known species placed in the first section of the genus 

 (in which the mesosternal stria is interrupted) have this stria 

 interrupted. In one specimen I have seen the labrum is 

 impressed, not excavated, and in others the short apical 

 dorsal striae are punetiform. 



Hub. Belgian Congo. Examples in the Musee du Congo 

 Beige and my own cabinet. 



Macrolister latilabris, sp. n. 



Ovatus, conrexiusculus, niger, nitidus ; fronte stria Integra, labro 

 lato modice inciso ; pronoto fulvo ciliato, striis lateralibua pono 

 oculos interruptis ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 abbreviata, 5 brovi 

 punctiformi ; pygidio vix dense punctulato ; mesosterno stria 

 marginali late intcrrupta ; tibiis anticis 3-dentatis. 



L. 14 mill. 



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