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Eister Lameere?, sp. n. 
Oblongus, convexus, niger, nitidus; elytris, macula lata obscure 
rubra; fronte stria valida integra, bisinuata; elytris striis 1-3- 
integris, 4-5 apicalibus, suturali ante basin abbreviata ; meso- 
sterno emarginato, stria marginali valida (ut in H. binotato); 
propygidio pygidioque dense punctatis ; tiblis anticis 3-dentatis. 
L. 53 mill, 
Oblong, convex, black and shining, with the elytra obscurely 
red except narrowly at the margins and the region of the 
scutellum ; the head, frontal stria deep and complete, feebly 
bisinuous anteriorly ; the thorax, the marginal stria and two 
lateral striz are like those of H. binotatus, Er., except that 
the outer lateral is short and confined to the region of the 
anterior angle; the elytra, humeral stria is similar to that of 
AZ, binotatus except that it reaches the apex, dorsal 1-3 com- 
plete, 4—5 apical and short, sutural shortened before the base ; 
the propygidium and pygidium are densely punctate, some of 
the punctures are ocellate; the prosternum is without striz, 
and the mesosternum is emarginate, with a strong marginal 
stria; the form of both sterna closely resembles those of 
H. binotatus ; the anterior tibie are 3-dentate. 
This species is similar to, but larger and more convex than, 
HH. binotatus, Er. 
Hab. Fl Oued, Sahara (A. Lameere, 9th May, 1898). 
Two examples. 
LTister Maindronit, sp. n. 
Ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus; fronte impressa, stria retrorsum 
acuminata; pronoto utrinque foveolato, stria integra sed basi 
parum abbreyiata; elytris rare rubro-maculatis, striis 1-4 integris, 
5 ante medium abbreviata, suturali obsoleta ; propygidio pygidio- 
que parce punctatis; mesosterno subsinuato, stria interrupta ; 
tibiis anticis 3-dentatis, posticis biseriatim multispinosis, 
L. 6-7 mill. 
The above is distinguished from /. bipustulatus, F., by its 
much larger size, shortened fifth dorsal stria, sutural stria 
rudimentary, and by the mesosternal stria being interrupted 
behind the prosternal keel. Of the six examples I possess, 
one only has a red elytral spot similar to that of H. bipustu- 
latus. Hister scutellaris, Ky., lentus and depistor, Mars., belong 
to the same group with a foveolate thorax. 
Hab. Kuwrrachi (Maindron), Sept. 1896. 
Hlister apicalis, Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlii. p. 470 
(1898). 
= Notolister sulcicollis, Lew. Ent. M. M. ser. 2, xxxi. p. 187 (1895); 
Ann, & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vi. p. 290, pl. x. fig. 7 (1890). 
