new S/jecics of Ili6tc\id3d. 349 



rdgos, it is antoilor to tlic sutuie; the anterior tibiae are o-tJ- 

 cleiitieulate. 



The small stature and th&siiij?iilar frontal and mcsosternal 

 strife disliii^uisji this species from the others known. 



Hub. Togo-land. 



Paratropus aptistrius, sp. n. 



Ovatus, brunncuB, tenuissime punctulatus, suhnitidus ; frontc stria 

 marfjinali Integra, utrinqiic carinata ; pronoto angusto marginato ; 

 elytris striis 1-4 et. suturali integris, 4 arcu basali suturali 

 coounte, 5 ultra medium abbreviata ; prosterno angusto, bistriato. 



L. 31 mill. 



Oval, brown, somewhat shining, surface microscopically 

 punctulate ; the head convex on vertex, frontal stria com- 

 plete, angulate before the eyes and carinate especially laterally 

 and by the angles; the thorax is narrowly marginate; the 

 elytra, striae, humeral strong and complete, 1-4 and sutural 

 finer and also complete, 4 and sutural join at the base, 5 is 

 shortened before the middle ; the pygidia are feebly punctulate; 

 the prosternum, the keel is narrow and bistriate, striae parallel 

 until just behind the anterior lobe, where they turn outwards; 

 the mesosternum is sparingly punctulate, bistriate anteriorly, 

 with a crenate straight stria over the suture. 



This species is extremely similar to ovi'desy Mars., but the 

 fourth and sutural strife are complete and join anteriorly and 

 the surface is not " la^vis nitidus," owing to a fine though 

 sparing punctuation and a roughened sculpture seen under 

 the microscope. 



JJab. Portuguese Guinea. 



Homalopygus latisternus, sp. n. 



Oblongus, depressus, piceus, nitidus ; fronte tenuitcr punctulata ; 



pronoto ad angulos tristriato ; el} tris striis dorsalibus abbreviatis ; 



pygidio basi excavato ; prosterno lato, impunctato ; mesosterno 



I)rofunde inciso. 

 L. 2^ mill. 



Oblong, rather depressed, piceous, shining ; the head, 

 surface uneven, free, tinely punctulate and densely micro- 

 scopically strigose ; the thorax, marginal stria tine and 

 interrupted behind the neck, the anterior angles are some- 

 what impressed, at the basal angle there is a tine short stria 

 and close to it arc two longer stria? also very fine and bent 

 and pointing towards the head ; the elytra, stria3 very fine, 

 inner humeral complete, 1 dorsal indistinct, 2-3 fine, basal, 

 but well-marked, 4 a little longer and joined to the sutural stria, 



