new Species o/Histeridse. 341 



at apex and sides, coarser near base. Elytra more coarsely 

 punctate, tiie punctures finer near sides than on apex ; a 

 smooth umbonal space ; a short very oblique stria at base. 

 Pygidium sparsely punctate. Mesosternum distinctly mar- 

 gined in front, sparsely and coarsely punctured. Anterior 

 tibice 4-denticulate ; middle tibifB 4-spinose ; hind tibiaa bi- 

 spinose near apex, with a smaller spine at middle. 



" Lengtii *10 inch (2*5 mm.). 



" Resembles ohliquulus, but much smaller [the measure- 

 ment given is "10 inch for both species], and with one less 

 spine on the middle and hind tibia, the spines being at the 

 same time more slender. 



" Hab. San Jose del Cabo, Lower California." 



Sternaulax Caledonian, Fauv. Rev. d'Ent. x. p. 164 (1891). 



Fauvel in his description of this species points out the 

 differences between it and zealandica, Mars. : — 



" Voisin du zealandica^ Mars., mais distinct surtout par 

 la disposition du stries ; celle de la tete, presque complete en 

 avant ; celle du corselet plus forte et entiere jusqu'au milieu ; 

 la 2* dorsale des elytres tr^s nette, bien que raccourcie ; le 

 propygidium plus finenient ponctuc, entoure d\ui rebord 

 cariniforme." 



The anterior femora of Marseul's species are also more 

 markedly punctate. 



L. 9 mill. 



Ilah. New Caledonia. 



Apohletes angolensis, Lew. Ent. Mag. xvi. p. 76 (1879). 



Oblongo-ovalis, complanatus, nigro-piceus, nitidus; fronte plana, 

 stria fere recta ; pronoto stria marginali autice late interrupta, 

 interna tenuiter iinpressa, obliqua, margine distanti ; elytris 

 striis 1-3 integris, caeteris nullis ; propygidio transversira punc- 

 tate ; pygidio grosse punctate, margine postice elevato ; prosterno 

 haud striate ; mesosterno stria integra, utrinque valde imprcssa. 



L. 5-G mill. 



Ilab. Angola, Congo River, and Togoland. 



Apohletes Migneatixi, Mars. {\^Q())y=^ A. foliaceus, Payk. 

 (1811), syn. n. 



The species I referred to in a note (Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. vii. p. 241, 1901) with a complete mescsternal stria is 

 undescribed at present, as I do not know its habitat. 



