148 Mr. G. Lewis on new 



tulatns ; fronte grosse punctata, stria marginali Bubintegra 

 elevata ; pronoto subtransverso, parte anteriore dense sat grosse 

 punctata, angulis auticis obtusis reflexis ; elytris tristriatis, primo 

 integro, secundo ultra medium, tertio antice abbreviatis ; pygidio 

 piloso ; prosterno grosse punctato, meso- et metasterno profunde 

 excavatis ; pedibus robustis, tibiis angulato-dilatatis, 

 L. 2|, c. 2| miU. 



This species may be placed near punctulatits, but it is very 

 distinct from all on the list. Its colom* and the density of its 

 pubescence, the thickly-set punctures on the anterior part of 

 the thorax, its larger size, and broad tibije are its most con- 

 spicuous specific characteristics. The prosternum of this 

 species and that of punctulatus are on a similar plan, but the 

 punctures are closer together and the transverse ridge more 

 distinct. The tibise are nearly as much dilated as those of 

 Eretmotiis sociator or tangertanus, and they are angulated in 

 the same way, and therefore resemble those of 8. cancer. 



Mons. L. Bedel captured three examples at Day a, in the 

 province of Oran, November 1879. 



SternocoeUs hispanus, Rosenh. 



This species I have taken in Spain (thanks to the kindness 

 of Prof. Don Francisco Martinez y Saez) three times — twice 

 at Madrid and once at the Escorial. At the latter place, on the 

 29th April last, I found as many as fifteen in one nest of 

 Aphanogaster . At Fontanellus, near Cintra, in April 1884, I 

 took one hundred and seventy-six specimens ; and this species 

 and Hister ferrugineus, 01., whicli I took at Bom Jesus the 

 same year, are the only two species yet known from Portugal, 

 Collectors in Portugal will doubtless find others when they 

 searcli for them in the nests of Aphaiiogaater under stones on 

 clayey slopes. Tlie two insects mentioned here are sand- 

 loving species. 



Sternocoslis comosellus, Fairm. 



" Breviter ovatus, rufo-castaneus, sat nitidus, sat longe et sat dense 

 fulvo-birtus ; capite dense punctato ; prothorace transverse, elytris 

 sensim angustiore, lateribua fere parallelis sed basi ampliato, 

 angulis i^osticis divaricatis, acutis, dorso dense punctato, ad latera 

 dcnsius, basi ante angulos levitcr impresso ; elytris convexis, sat 

 dense, sat fortiter asperulo-punctatis, obsolete lineatis, sutura 

 angustissime iufuscata ; propygidio pygidioque parum dense punc- 

 tatis ; pedibus sat elongatis, corapressis, tibiis anticis apicem versus 

 parum ampliatis. 



