IJii Mr. G. Lewis on 



at the apex, but it continues along the base to a puncture 

 which appears to be an appendage to the fourth stria ; the 

 propygidium is biimpressed and, like the pygidium, is clearly 

 not closely punctured ; the presternum, the keel is narrow 

 and smooth, anterior lobe wide and punctulate ; the meso- 

 sternum is imraarginate in front ; the tibiaj, anterior 4-dentate, 

 intermediate 3-spinose, tarsal spine bifid, posterior with one 

 conspicuous spine in the middle and a bifid tarsal spine. 



Bab. Java. One example in the National Museum from 

 the Bowring Collection. 



Platysoma capense, Wiedem., 1821 j Henningi, Sturm, 

 1826 ; sculptu77i, Fahr., 1851 ; punctulatum, Lew., 1885. 



This singularly variable species has also a singular habitat 

 for a Platysoma. It is found in the calyx of a species of 

 Protea and is very abundant in Cape Colony. 



Omalodes mestino, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovatus, convexiusculus, niger, nitidus ; fronte distincte 

 punctulata, iti medio impressa, stria antice retrorsum acumiuafca ; 

 pronoto subtilissime punetato, stria subvalida ; elytris striis 1-2 

 dorsalibus leviter impressis basi abbreviatis, 3 dimidiata ; pro- 

 pygidio pygidioque minime profundis punctatis. 



L. 10| mill. 



Oblong-oval and somewhat convex ; the head, clypeus, 

 and labrum finely and evenly punctured, frontal stria arched 

 laterally and distinctly acuminately drawn backwards ante- 

 riorly, with a shallow impression on the vertex ; the thorax 

 is transverse, with an extremely fine punctuation, the marginal 

 stria is fine at sides, more conspicuous at the anterior angle 

 and terminating behind the eyes, the inner stria is well- 

 marked laterally, finer and feebly bisinuous anteriorly, the 

 scutellar puncture is very fine ; the elytra, the outer humeral 

 stria is complete, inner wanting, 1-2 dorsal lightly impressed, 

 somewhat punctiform and shortened at the base, 3 very fine, 

 but it touches the base and ceases at the middle ; thepygidia 

 have very shallow and somewhat irregular punctures, not 

 closely set ; the prosternum, anterior lobe is finely and rather 

 closely punctured, the keel is feebly bistriate ; the meso- 

 sternum is marginate only at the sides; the anterior tibiae are 

 4:-dentate, intermediate 6-, posterior 4-, in the last two pairs 

 the processes are longer and more acute. 



In outline this species resembles 0. MarseuU, Sell., but 

 not in sculpture. 



Ilah. Tumbez, North Peru {G. A. Baer, 1900). 



