156 ^ii'- Gr. Lewis on 



complete and not deeply impresserl, 3 broken in the middlf, 

 4-5 wanting, sutural apical very fine, parallel to the suture, 

 and just passing the middle ; the propyg-idium coarsely and 

 rather closely punctate ; the pygidium finely and sparsely 

 punctulate ; the presternum bistriate, stria bending slightly 

 from each other, not joined at either end, and are a little 

 shortened at the base ; the mesosternum is straight anteriorly, 

 with the marginal stria fine and close to the edge, second 

 stria also fine, crenate, and feebly arched; the anterior tibias 

 are 4-dentate and the apical toolli obtuse. 

 Hah. S. CJatharina, Brazil. 



Phelister test ado, sp. n. 



Suborbicularis, convexus, niger, nitidus, supra punctulatua ; antennis 

 l>edibiisque rufis; elytris stria 1 basi abbreviata, striis2-3 iutegris, 

 4 apicah brevissima, sutiu-ali dimidiata ; prosteruo parum lato, 

 puuctato, striis baud coDJunctis ; tibiis anticia 6-denticulatis. 



L. 2^ mill. 



Nearly orbicular, convex, black and shining, surface punc- 

 tulate, antennae and legs rufous ; tlie head finely punctulate, 

 frontal stria not continued anteriorly; the thorax is more 

 distinctly punctulate than the head, lateral stria complete, 

 with a minute fovea behind each eye close behind the stria, 

 scutellar fovea circular; the elytra, striae crenate, 1 abbrevi- 

 ated apically, 2-3 complete, 4 very short, apical, but not close 

 to the margin, sutural fine and nearly dimidiate, humeral 

 striaj are wanting ; the pygidia are almost smooth, the 

 punctuation being extremely fine: the prosternum, keel rather 

 wide, with the surface and that of the lobe distinctly punc- 

 tured, bistriate, striaj not meeting at either end, and they 

 widen out a little posteriorly ; the mesosternum is bisinuous, 

 marginal stria complete and follows the outline of the edge, 

 the transverse or second stiia is feebly arched anteriorly; the 

 anterior tibial 6-denticulate. 



Superficially this species resembles P. glohiformis, Mars., 

 but the greater width of the prosternal keel is a marked 

 distinction. 



Ilah, Parana (Donckier). 



Phelister fractistrius^ sp. n. 



Ovalis, parura convexus, brunneus, nitidus ; fronte imprcssa, stria 

 Integra in medio retrorsum acuminata ; pronoto stria lateraH ad 

 oculos producta; elytris striis 1-3 integra, 4 dimidiata, 5 brevi, 



