new Species of HistericJce. 251 



before the base, anteriorly it is fine and crenulate and deflected 

 bfliind the point where the marj^iiial stria tcrnunate.;?, lateral 

 iiiter.«ticc rather wide ; the elytra, outer siil)hunu;ral .stria short, 

 deep, and well behind the ImnuTus, dorsal striie 1-4 com- 

 plete, with crenulate ed^es, the interstices at the bases between 

 the first and second and between the third and fourth are the 

 widi'st, 5 is a])ic;d, dimidiate, sutural apical and equal to two 

 thirds of the elytral l-'Ugth, and it turns a little away from 

 the suture near the aj)ex ; the propygi<lium and the pygidium 

 are somewhat closely punctured, tlie punctures on the first 

 are rather the larger; the prosternum, anterior lobe sparingly 

 punctate, with a lateral deep stria, not close to the edge nor 

 meeting at the apex, keel not acute but triangular at its base; 

 the mesosternum, anterior edge is feebly arched, stria and 

 that of the mefasternum complete ; the anterior tibia is dilated 

 on its outer edge, the dilatation being surrounded by small 

 teeth, and there are a few irregular teeth behind them. 



This species, like the last, belongs to an Indian group of 

 the genus which has dilated fore tibia?. 



JJub. Tenasserim [Dolterty). 



Epierus /(jederatus, sp. n. 



Ovalis, parum convcxus, brunneus, nitidiis, supra sparsim punctu- 

 latus ; froiite coucava ; prouoto prffscutellari imprcsso ; clytris 

 striis dorsalibus crenulatis, 1-4 intejjris, o ditnidiata, suturali 

 basi abbreviata ; ])rosteriio bistriato, basi late incise, marginato ; 

 niesosterno in medio aiigulariter pruducto ; tibiis antieis inulti- 

 spinulosis. 



L, 1 1 mill. 



Oval, somewhat convex, brown and shining; the head 

 concave anteriorly, finely and sparsely punctured, with a 

 very small fovea on the vertex, epistoma rather broad ; the 

 thorax is j)unctured like the head, except before the scutellum, 

 in front of the scutellum there is a semicircular impression 

 and round its limits the punctuation is larger, marginal stria 

 fine and complete ; the elytra, all the dorsal striaj are fine and 

 crenulate, 1-4 eom])lete, 5 apical and dimidiate, sutural also 

 apical and a little longer, there is a faint trace of an inner 

 subhumcral stria ; the ])ro])ygidium and jiygidium are finely 

 and .sparsely jmnctured and tlie first is microscopically trans- 

 versely strigose at the base ; the prosternum is broad and 

 bistriate, the striae are fine and feebly turned outwards at 

 either end, surface of the keel, sternal plates, and first seg- 

 ment of the abdomen with fine evenly scattered j)unctures ; 

 the mesosternum widely and angularly projects to fit the base 



