8 Mr. G. Lewis on 



depressions the outer edge is thickened and raised, the surface 

 punctuation is the same as that of the propygidium ; the pro- 

 sternum bistriate, strife not joining behind, diverging widely 

 before the coxas and curved inwards at the tips ; the meso- 

 sternum is widely sinuous, almost from angle to angle, the 

 marginal stria is complete, and on either side of the sinuosity 

 the margin is widened and thickened ; anterior tibiae 4-5- 

 dentate, with tarsal grooves shallow and nearly straight. 



The genus Apohletes, as at present constituted, is not 

 capable of exact definition; in both this species and A. lati- 

 nsculus, Sch., the tarsal grooves are shallow and nearly 

 straight, and in two species of the allied genus Platt/soma 

 from Madagascar the grooves are similarly formed, viz. 

 P. Richteri, Sch., and P. quadncolle, Lew. 



Bnh. Madagascar, " Andrangoloaka, alt. 1600 m. 0. S. O. 

 de Tananarive." 



Platysoma satzumce, sp. n. 



Ovale, convexiusculum, nigrum, nitidum ; antennis pedibusque 

 rufo-piceis ; fronts leviter impressa, stria transversa subarcuata ; 

 pronoto anguste marginato ; elytris striis 1 et 3 integris, 2 basi 

 abbreviata, 4-5 apicaiibus ; propygidio pygidioque profunde punc- 

 tatis. 



L. 4 mill. 



Oval, somewhat convex, black, shining; the head feebly 

 impressed anteriorly, stiia complete and transversely feebly 

 bowed ; the thorax a little arched anteriorly, angles some- 

 what obtuse, lateral stria well-marked, close to the edge, and 

 continued behind the head ; the elytra, striae 1 and 3 complete, 

 2 a little shortened at the base, 4 apical but just passing the 

 middle, 5 apical but only reaching the middle, sutural wanting; 

 the propygidium is coarsely punctured (very similarly to 

 P. confucii, Mars.) ; the pygidium is more deeply punctured 

 and the punctures are larger and relatively a little less close, 

 the posterior rim is smooth ; the presternum, keel narrow and 

 without striae ; the mesosternum is rather widely emarginate 

 in front, stria complete, but at the emargination it is very 

 close to the edge, laterally it continues down the meta- 

 sternum ; the anterior tibiae are 5-dentate. 



This species in outline is rather more oval than P. sin- 

 c(rum, Sch., but otherwise the general form is similar. It 

 also resembles P.solitarium, elinguce^ and uniforme, Lew., espe- 

 cially in the thoracic marginal stria being close and parallel 

 to the edge. 



Hah. Higo and Salzuma, S. Japan. 



