neiv Species of Histeridaa. 155 



nitidus; fronte concava ; proiioto stria margiuali integra ; elytris 

 striis 2 humeralibus integris, carinatis, cseteris nuUis; prosterno 

 striis antice incurvatis. 

 L. vix 2 mill. 



Shortly oval, rather convex, wholly punctured above and 

 beneath; the forehead somewhat concave and raised over tlio 

 insertion of the antennai ; the tliorax, marginal stria coni- 

 ))lete and rather obscurely crenate behind the neck ; the 

 elytra, punctuation a little sparse in the scutellar region, botli 

 tlie humeral stria3 are complete and cariniform, dorsal striie 

 wanting, apices longitudinally strigose ; the pygidia are more 

 densely and more tinely punctured than the elytra ; the pro- 

 sternum, striag bend inwards before the suture, anterior lobe 

 coarsely and rather roughly punctured, base of the keel less 

 closely punctured ; the mesosternum, anterior edge quite 

 straight, transverse and narrow, sutural stria straight and a 

 little irregularly crenate. 



The two humeral striae are a marked character for this 

 species. 



Hub. Simla, N.W. India. 



Tribalus unistnus^ sp. u. 



Breviter ovatus, parum convexus, undique punctatus, niger, nitidus ; 

 fronte impressa ; pronoto stria marginali integra ; elytris striis 

 subhumerali externa integra, caeteris obsoletis ; propygidio 

 pygidioque dense punctulatis. 



L. 2 mill. 



Shortly oval, rather convex, wholly punctured above and 

 beneath ; the forehead impressed and raised over the antennas ; 

 the thorax, stria complete and obsoletely crenate behind the 

 head ; the elytra, outer humeral stria complete and somewhat 

 cariniform, inner humeral is short and only just traceable in 

 the middle, the first and second dorsal stride (or what appa- 

 rently represents them) are traceable but very short, not 

 reaching the base nor the middle, the humeral area and the 

 outer part of each elytron is obscurely reddish ; the pygidia 

 are densely and finely pointed ; the prosternum, anterior lobe 

 coarsely not densely punctured, striae very slightly turned 

 inwards anteriorly, basal edge of the keel narrowly smooth ; 

 the mesosternum feebly sinuous anteriorly, transverse and 

 narrow, sutural stiia straight and irregularly crenate. 



Hah. Kashia Hills, Anam. 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. To/, ii. 11 



