new Species of Histeridae. 143 



brevissimis ; propygidio transversim piinctato ; pygidio utrinque 

 impresso, grosse et dense punctato, margiue distincte elevato. 

 L. 5|-6| mill. 



Oblong-oval, rather depressed, black and shining; the 

 head is microscopically punctured, forehead impressed, with 

 the stria complete; the thorax, lateral stria well marked and 

 continued behind the head ; the elytra, strise, outer humeral 

 fine and complete, inner wanting, oblique stria extremely 

 finCj 1-3 dorsal strong and complete, 4 apical, in length one 

 fourth of the elytron, 5 and sutural shorter, the last sometimes 

 rudimentary ; propygidium transversely punctured ; pygidium 

 densely and evenly punctured, with the outside margin 

 elevated, especially on each side, where there is a lateral 

 impression; the mesosternum is clearly marginate ; the 

 anterior tibiae are 4-dentate. 



Similar to P. suturalis^ Lew., from Burma, but a little more 

 parallel laterally. P. atratus^ Er. (common in India), is 

 similar in form, but the pygidium is not marginate, and it is 

 •without the short sutural stria. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills [H. Leslie Andrewes) and Mahe, 

 Malabar [Donckier). 



Platysoma ruptisfriatum, sp. n. 



Oblongum, subcylindricum, nigrum, nitidum ; pronoto stria lateral! 

 in angulo brevi, post oculos interrupta ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 

 4-5 abbreviatis, suturali Integra ad basi continuata ; mesosterno 

 antice haud marginato ; tibiis anticis 4-deutatis. 



L. 5 mill. 



Oblong, parallel at the sides, somewhat cylindrical, black 

 and shining ; the head, forehead, and epistoma impressed, 

 surface punctulate, punctures finest anteriorly, stria complete 

 but feeble across the impression ; the thorax is nearly quad- 

 rate, the lateral marginal stria is hamate anteriorly and 

 terminates at the anterior angle, and at the basal angle it 

 curves inwards ; behind the anterior angle is a second short 

 stria (the lateral), hamate outwardly and continued a short 

 space along the anterior margin, behind the head is a straight 

 stria, which is turned backwards at either end behind the 

 eyes (these strias are almost identical with those of P. Dufah\ 

 Mais.), the surface is clearly, not closely punctured, with a 

 smooth area behind the disk ; the elytra, strige, outer humeral 

 fine and complete, with an epipleural stria parallel to it, 

 dorsal 1-3 complete, the first and second turning inwards at 

 their bases, 4 dimidiate, 5 shorter, sutural is a little shortened 



