ueio Species of Ilistciidiu. 253 



join ill iVont ; the thorax lias a "fine latL-ral mar^^iiial stria, 

 with a fovea at tlie base on either side well within the aiii;le, 

 aiul behiiul the anterior anj^les there is a rather wide area with 

 rather large shallow punctures, but on the scutellar and diseal 

 regions the punctures are sparse and almost wanting; the 

 elytra, stria', outer humeral somewhat wtdl-markeil, basal 

 and dimidiate, inner humeral almost complete, also t!ie first 

 dorsal stria, 2-3 less marked and shortened apically; the 

 propygidium is very clearly, evenly, not coarsely, but rather 

 densely punctured ; the pj'gidium is less densely and less 

 distinctly punctured ; the prosternum, the keel is truncate 

 anteriorly at the suture, surface flat and less punctured at the 

 base than on the tore part, base lightly imj)ressed on either 

 side ot" the mesosternal projection, and it is margined laterally 

 with a fine widely sinuous stria, the anterior lobe is on a lower 

 plane than the keel and widens out anteriorly and is closely 

 covered with large shallow punctures ; the mesosternum is 

 bisinuous anteriorly ; the metasternum is bistriate on either 

 side; the anterior tibitu are dilated and rounded off on the 

 outer edge, the median and posterior tibioc are more dilated 

 and angular in the middle of the outer edge. 



This is the only species of the genus described which is 

 oval in outline. 



Hah. Yakouren, Algeria (J/. Pic). 



Sapri/iiis aniethystinuSj sp. n. 



Uhlongo-ovatus, convexus, niger, iiitidus ; fronte elypeoiiue punc- 

 tatis ; thorace obseure tcnco, latoribu3 grosse punctatis ; elytris 

 violaccis, striis dorsalibus 1-3 abbreviati.s, 4 arcuata brevissiraa, 

 suturali antico ahbroviata ; prosterno carinato-striato, striis aii- 

 titis conjunctis ; mesostcriio marginato, punctate ; raetastcrno 

 sublajvi, antico in medio impresso ; tibiis auticis 4-(loiitatis. 



L. 4 mill. 



Oblong-oval, convex, black and shining, with the thorax 

 obscurely coppery and the elytra rich violet-blue. The fore- 

 head and clypeus are somewhat coarsely punctured, stria ante- 

 riorly is bisinuous and somewhat indistinct, but it is carinate 

 over the eyes; the thorax, marginal stria complete, with a 

 broad lateral margin of coarse punctures which are continued 

 along the basal edge and less strongly behind the neck, disk 

 impunctate ; the elytra, striae, exterinxl humeral complete, 

 inner shortened apically and scarcely reaching the base, 1 

 dorsal touches the base and posteriorly it is a little shorter 

 than the inner humeral, 2 is a little shorter than the first, 

 3 is as long as the inner humeral, 1-2 are markedly incurved 



