new Species <?/'IIistericla3. 341 



at apex and sides, coarser near base. Elytra more coarsely 

 punctate, tlie punctures finer near sides tlian on apex ; a 

 smooth umbonal space ; a short very oblique stria at base. 

 Pygidium sparsely punctate. Mesosternuni distinctly mar- 

 gined in front, sparsely and coarsely punctured. Anterior 

 tibiaj 4-denticulate; middle tibijx3 4-spinose ; hind tibiae bi- 

 s])inose near apex, with a smaller spine at middle. 



"Length '10 -inch (2*j mm.). 



" Resembles oh/iquulus, but much smaller [the measure- 

 ment given is "10 inch for both species], and with one less 

 spine on the middle and hind tibia, the spines being at the 

 same time more slender. 



^^ Hah. San Jose del Cabo, Lower California." 



Sternaulax caledonice, Fauv. Rev. d'Ent. x. p. 161 (1891). 



Fauvel in his description of this species points out the 

 differences between it and zeahuidica, Mars. : — 



" Voisin du zealandica, JMars., mais distinct surtout par 

 la disposition du stries ; celle de la tete, presque complete en 

 avant ; celle du corselet plus forte et entiere jusqu'au milieu ; 

 la 2^ dorsale des elytres trc;s nette, bien que raccourcie ; le 

 propygidium plus finement ponctue, entouie d^un rebord 

 cariiiiforme." 



The anterior femora of Marseul's species are also more 

 markedly punctate. 



L. 9 mill. 



JJab. New Caledonia. 



Apohletes angolensis, Lew. Ent. Mag. xvi. p. 76 (1879). 



Oblongo-ovalis, complanatus, nigro-piceus, nitidus ; fronte plana, 

 stria fere recta ; pronoto stria marginali autice late interrupta, 

 interna tenuiter iinpressa, obliqua, margiiic distanti ; elytris 

 striis 1-3 integris, cteteris nullis ; propygidio transversim punc- 

 tate ; pygidio grosse punctato, marginc postice clovato ; prosterno 

 haud striate ; mcsosterno stria Integra, utrinquc valdc impressa. 



L. 5-0 mill. 



IJah. Angola, Congo River, and Togoland. 



Apohletes Migneau.vi, Mars. {\%(J0), = A. foUaceus, Payk. 

 (Ibll), syn. n. 



The species I referred to in a note (Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. vii. p. 241, 1901) with a complete mcsosternal stria is 

 undescribcd at |)resent, as I do not know its habitat. 



