2ii2 m. G. Lewis on 



Oval, convex, black and sliininii;, with a very minute and 

 sparse punctuation ; the head, frontal stria somewhat irre- 

 gular but complete ; the thorax is thickened laterally between 

 the marginal and inner stria, and the edge is distinctly sinuous 

 behind the anterior angle, marginal stria fine and oidy seen 

 from above at and near the anterior angle, inner lateral is 

 strong and rather widely sinuous in the middle, and continues 

 behind the head^ where it is somewhat crenulate and fine, the 

 scutellar puncture is small but clear; the elytra, striaj, outer 

 humeral is faintly crenulate, bending inward towards the 

 apex, inclining outward anteriorly, and shortened before the 

 base, inner humeral wanting, but there is a short basal oblique 

 stria joined to the first dorsal, 1-3 dorsal complete, 4 finer 

 and reaching just beyond the middle, 5 shorter, sutural nearly 

 as long as the fouith ; the propygidium and the pygidium are 

 clearly, rather finely, and not closely punctured ; the pro- 

 sternum is without striw, the surface, (and that of the meso- 

 sternum) is microscopically strigose, and the anterior lobe is 

 conspicuously margined with a strong stria or sulcus, which 

 is nearest the edge at the apex ; ttie mesosternum is widely 

 sinuous, with the marginal stria comj)lete ; anterior tibiae 

 5-dentate. 



IJistir relicius, Mars., which has been likened to the 

 European corvinus, Germ., and //. cognalus, Lee, and //. mar- 

 ginicoUis^ Lee, all somewhat resemble the above species, but 

 the pygidia of these species are densely punctate. 



Ikih. Texas. Taken by the late Mr. Julius Flohr in the 

 winter of 1893. 1 have only one examj.de, but it is probable 

 there are more in the museum in Berlin, to which institution 

 Mr. Flohr left his collections. 



Iliater glhlerosus^ sp. n. 



Ovalis, couvexiusculus, niger, nitidus ; fronte stria valida, supra 

 oculos angulata ; elytris striis 1-3 validis integris, 4 leviter im- 

 pressa completa, 5 et suturali apicalibus ; propjgidio bi-impresso, 

 grosse et dense punctate ; pjgidio bilobo, necnon grossc punctato ; 

 pro-sterno bistriato, striis antice et postice junctis ; tibiis anticis 

 4-dentatis. 



L. Sg mill. 



Oval, somewhat convex, black and shining ; the head is 

 feebly bi-impressed behind the frontal stria, stria strong, sinuous 

 behind the mandibles, deep and angulate over the eyes, and 

 continues transversely along the base of the head ; the thorax, 

 the marginal stiia is fine and most conspicuous at the anterior 

 angle, lateral stria ceases anteriorly behind the eye, inner 



