90 Christmas Island. 



and the tarsi fulvous or testaceous, sometimes shaded "with dark 

 brown. 



Phosphate Hill, November, 1897 ; North Coast, December, 1897. 

 This species was obtained also by Mr. Lister in Christmas Island. 

 Dr Sharp informs me that he has in his collection an allied but 

 distinct species from Java. 



8. Lispinus castaneus, Fauv. 



One example only of this species was obtained by Mr. Andrews. 

 Through Dr. D. Sharp's kindness I have been enabled to compare 

 it with a typical specimen of L. castan-us, from New Guinea. It 

 is somewhat smaller in size, and its elytra, instead of being reddish 

 chestnut, are dark brown in colour. 



Family HYDROPHILID^. 



9. Dactylosternum abdominalis, Fabr. 



Flying Fish Cove, in August and October. 



Specimens in the Museum are from Brazil, Fernando Neronha, 

 Madeira, Canaries, Cape Verdes, St. Helena, liodriguez, Mauritius, 

 Sierra Leone, Angola, Natal, Ceylon, Penang, Andamans, Sandwich 

 Islands, etc. 



Family HISTERID^. 



10. Hololepta malleata, Lewis, sp.n. 



Obion go-ovata, subdepressa, nigra, nitida; fronte plana; thorace 

 impunctato, stria marginali tenui ; elytris striis dorsalibus, 1* brevi, 

 2* brevissima, appendice brevi curvato, subhumerali hand lata 

 utrinque abbreviata ; propygidio lateribus anguste punctato ; 

 pygidio sparse punctato postice laevi ; prosterno lato ; mesosteruo 

 sinuato utrinque augulariter marginato ; tibiis anticis 4-dentatis. 



Long, (absque mandibulis) 8-9 mm. 



Oblong oval, rather depressed, black, shining ; the head, surface 

 flat, smooth, and impunctate, mentum in both sexes agrees with 

 that of a. vidica, Er. ; the thorax is arched at the sides, bisinuous 

 before the scutellum, very feebly angulate behind the middle of 

 the lateral edge, marginal stria fine and ceasing at the anterior 

 angle ; the elytra, lateral fossa rather narrow, not very deep, and 

 shortened at both ends ; striee, first dorsal short and a little oblique, 

 second very short, the apical appendage is short and slightly 

 incurved at the apical tip ; the propygidium is smooth except for 

 a few lateral punctures before the middle ; the pygidium i^ is 

 smooth, with a few punctures scattered transversely and irregularly 

 along its base, 9 punctures similarly placed, but more numerous 



