lo8 BIr. G. Lewis on 



stria nearly straio-Ut anteriorly, second stria widely arclied : 

 first segment of tiie abdomen bistriate laterally; the anterior 

 tibiai are 6-dentieulate. 



In the curious furrow in the pygidium there is a great 

 resemblance to those of Saprinus reneicoUis, Mars., and otiier 

 South-American iSaprini, but there is no other character to 

 connect them ; the Saprinini seem to me to be wholly 

 disconnected from all the other groups. 



Ilab. Paraguay {Dr. Bohls), 



Phelister rolomh'ue, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus, elytris brunneis ; fronte impressa, 

 stria aiitice interrupta; pronoto st-ria laterali post angulos areuata ; 

 elytris striis 1-4 integris, -4 basi arcuata, 5 et sutui'ali dimidiatis ; 

 propygidio sparse punctato ; pygidio fere la;vi ; pT'osterno bi- 

 striato, striis Laud conjunctis ; tibiis autieis 6-7-deuticulatis. 



L. 21-21 mill. 



Oval, convex, black and shininq:, elytra reddish brown, 

 colour somewhat obscure on the disk; the head, forehead 

 impressed, surface finely punctulate, stria interrupted ; the 

 thorax jtunctulate like the head, with five or six larger punc- 

 tures well within the lateral margin, marginal stria complete 

 and behind the head crenate, lateral stria hamate behind the 

 angle and ceasing behind the eye, scutellar fovea circular in 

 outline ; the elytra, stride 1-4 complete, fourth arched at the 

 base but not quite reaching the suture, 5-6 equal, dimidiate, 

 and a])ical, outer humeral very fine, apical, and nearly 

 dimidiate; the propygidium somewhat irregularly and 

 sparsely punctured; the })ygidium, punctuation very fine and 

 scarcely visible; the prosternum is bistriate, strife not joining 

 at either end, but bend towards each other from the base ; 

 the mesosternuni is markedly bisinuous, marginal stria com- 

 ])iete and crenate, the second stria is widely arched and also 

 crenate and prolonged laterally to the posterior coxse ; the 

 legs are reddish and the anterior tibice 6-7-denticulate. 



Hah. Pischinde, Colombia (IF. F. II. Rosenberg). 



Phdlster riibn'catus, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexus, niger, uitidus, elytris partim rufis ; fronte im- 

 pressa, stria antice interrupta : pronoto stria laterali post angulos 

 arcuata, basi minime abbreviata ; elytris striis 1-5 integris, 

 suturali ultra medium abbreviata ; pygidio fere kevi ; tibiis autieis 

 •)-7-denticulatis. 



L. 2-2 1 mill. 



