new Species of Histeridse. 245 



that of tlie thorax, outer and inner humeral stria fine and 

 complete, dorsal strire almost obsolete, but indications of short 

 8tria3 are to be seen near the base, there is no sutural ; the 

 propygidium and pygidium are, finely and evenly punctulate, 

 the pygidium is usually distinctly reddish brown, the pro- 

 pygidiiim partly so ; the prosternum is broad and the lateral 

 striie are divergent at either end ; the mesosternum, marginal 

 stria is very fine, complete, and close to the edge, the trans- 

 verse stria at the suture is straight and fine and minutely 

 crenulate. 



Ihe general form of this species corresponds with 7'. ruhri- 

 culus. Sell., and 7\ acceptuSj Mars., from S)uth Africa, and is 

 in no way similar to tiic other known species from Ceylon. 



J/a/i, Matala and Negambo, Ceylon. 



Captured by Dr. "Walther Horn during his visit to Ceylon 

 in 1899, and to whom I have had much pleasure in dedi- 

 cating tiie species. 



Saprinus viridipennis, sp. n. 



Oralis, convexus, nitidus ; pronoto cupreo, margine ciliato, lateribus 

 elytrisque viridibus ; prosfcrno la}vi baud striato ; mesosterno 

 marginato ; tibiis anticis cibatis, valide S-dentatis. 



L. 5|-Gi mill. 



Oval, somewhat oblong ; thorax brightly copper, with the 

 lateral punctured margins greenish ; elytra and the pygidia 

 brilliant green, body beneath more obscure ; the head punctu- 

 late, stria entire ; the thorax smooth on the disk, with a broad 

 lateral band of somewhat coarse and confluent punctures; the 

 elytra are very finely and sparingly punctulate on the apical 

 half, the outer humeral stria complete, inner humeral short 

 and basal, 1 dorsal long and apically nearly joins the outer 

 l)umeral, 2-.5 are nearly equal one to another and are nearly 

 two thirds of the elytral length, sutural stria shortened before 

 the base ; the pygidia are evenly and rather densely punc- 

 tured ; the prosternum, the keel has no striie, but is smooth 

 and narrows anteriorly; the mesosternum is truncate and 

 marginate ; the anterior tibias have three strong teeth and a 

 small basal one, the inner edges of the anterior tibite and 

 femora are ciliate. 



Somewhat resembles S. icetus, Er., but the thorax is ciliate, 

 elytra without any bluish tint, the prosternum is without striae, 

 and the dentations of the tibi;e are different. 



J/ab. Australia (C. II. French). 



Examples in the Belgium Museum and in my own cabinet. 



