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XXX.—On new Species of Histeridee and Notices of others. 
By G. Lewis, F.L.S. 
THE present paper is the nineteenth of a series on the 
Histeridee published in this Magazine. 
List of Species. 
Pleesius cossyphus, Mars. Hister apicalis, Fazm., 1898, 
Apobletes Migneauxi, Mars. =Notelister sulcicellis, Zew., 1895. 
Platysoma pictipenne. Pelorurus Cregoei. 
Cypturus bengalensis. Tribalus Hornii. 
Hister Lameerei. Saprinus viridipennis. 
Maindronii. 
Plesius cossyphus, Mars. Abeille, i. p. 285 (1864). 
Marseul was doubtful whether the above was a variety 
of P. pudicus, Mars., or not. I have recently acquired a 
considerable number of specimens, and I have no doubt 
it is distinct; beyond the characters mentioned by Marseul, 
all of which I find are constant, the anterior femora are 
very distinctly punctured, and their edges are but slightly 
raised. The femora in P. pudicus are smooth and markedly 
marginate. 
Apobletes Migneaurt, Mars. Mon. p. 855. n. 10, fig. 2 (1860). 
Herr J. Schmidt published a note on this species in the 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 290 (1892), formed on an erroneous 
impression. ‘The species is very different to A. foliaceus, 
Payk., and, indeed, to any other described species. The 
description and figure given by Marseul are both very good, 
but the mesosternal marginal stria, although very fine, is 
sometimes, if not always, complete. Marseul says it is inter- 
rupted (p. 856), and it may be so in the type specimen. 
Platysoma pictipenne, sp. n. 
Oblongo-ovatum, depressiusculum, nigrum, nitidum; fronte stria 
integra leviter bisinuata ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4-5 brevis- 
simis, macula media rubra; tibiis anticis 4-dentatis. 
L. 33 mill. 
Oblong-oval, rather depressed, black and shining, with a 
red spot rather before the middle of each elytron equal in 
width to three of the interstices between the dorsal striz; the 
head, frontal stria complete, not strong, and feebly bisinuous 
anteriorly ; the thorax, surface under the microscope appears 
finely punctured, lateral stria complete, parallel, and close to 
