98 Mr. G. Lewis on 



Very similar to A. Marseult, Lew., and imuperatus, Sell., 

 which together form a local section of the genus in wliich 

 the head is smooth and without striae, the thorax has a very 

 fine marginal stria close to the edge and confined to the region 

 of the anterior angles, the pygidia are indistinctly punctured, 

 and the prosternum broad and not striate. Specifically 

 pumicatus may be known by its more oblong form and by the 

 third dorsal stria being complete. 



Ilab. Cape S. Juan, Biafra, West Africa. In the Museum, 

 of Madrid and my own collection. 



Platylister mponensis, Lew. 



There is an example of this species in the Museum of 

 Paris from the island of Kiushiu, and I think it likely that 

 this is the true locality of the species, not Kioto on the main 

 island, as I have recorded it. The last place is very far north 

 for the occurrence in it of a genus which is essentially tropical 

 or subtropical. 



Platysoma germanum, sp. n, 



Obloiigum, subparallelum, nigrum, nitidum ; frontc stria recta, 

 Integra ; prouoto stria marginali antice interrupta ; elytris striis 

 1-3 integris, 4-5 dimidiatis, suturali brevissima ; mesosternum 

 late emarginatum, stria Integra, conspicue impressa ; tibiis 

 anticis 4-deutatis. 



L. ^ mill. 



Oblong, rather parallel, slightly convex, black and shining ; 

 the head, frontal stria straight anteriorly and complete, surface 

 obscurely punctulate ; the thorax punctured laterally, stria 

 continued behind the neck and laterally it is close to edge 

 (differing in this respect from Alexandri, Mars.) ; the elytra, 

 strlai 1-3 complete, 4-5 dimidiate, sutural very short and 

 occupying a median position to the fifth stria, the humeral 

 stria3 are wanting; the propygidlum is coarsely punctured, 

 but the punctures are not closely set ; the pygidium, the 

 punctures are similar but closer together ; the prosternum, 

 keel rather narrow, without stride; the mesosternum widely 

 emarglnate, with a well-marked marginal stria ; the femora 

 and tibiffi are red. 



Smaller but somewhat similar to P. Alexandri, Mars. ; the 

 thoracic stria, however, is close to the edge of the thorax 

 laterally and is interrupted behind the neck ; the thorax is 

 punctured at the sides and there is no vestige of a sutural 

 stria in Marseul's species. Marseul says of P. Alexandri 



