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behind the humeral angle to the apex ; striae feebly punctu- 

 late, interstices flat, with a fine sculpture, which renders them 

 opaque. 



Hob. Ketoi. Under stones on the shore. 



hyrosoma Snowi, sp. n. 



Obscuro-brunneum vel piceuna ; capita inter oculos subarcuatim 



elevato, irregulariter punctato. 

 L. 6 mill. 



Dull reddish brown or piceous, head distinctly darker, legs, 

 antenna3, and thorax concolorous ; the head is irregularly and 

 rather roughly punctured, with the median carina and the 

 suture, as noted in L. tripartitum, scarcely visible, but between 

 the eyes there is a crescent-shaped elevation ; the thorax 

 more distinctly punctured than in the last species and less 

 narrowed behind, with the hind angles less obtuse, impressed 

 behind the neck ; the scutellura slightly arciied at the sides 

 and densely and distinctly sculptured ; the elytra margined 

 laterally, lateral interstice narrow and continuing to the base, 

 strias very feebly punctulate, interstices somewhat less flat 

 than in L. tripartitum. 



Hah. Ketoi. 



Lyrosoma suturale, sp. n. 



Rufo-brunneum, vix nitidum, sparse sed distincte punctatum ; 



elytris piceis, interstitiis internis rufo-brunneis. 

 L. 4| mill. 



Reddish brown, somewhat shining ; the head uneven, with 

 two rather large shallow impressions on each side near the 

 insertion of the antennae, distinctly punctured in certain 

 places, most free from points on the disk ; the thorax punctured 

 and uneven like the head, hind angles slightly acute, less 

 distinctly narrowed behind than in L. Snoim, impressed behind 

 the neck ; the scutellum triangular, wholly sculptured, with a 

 few rather large punctures scattered over it ; the elytra are 

 piceous, except on the two sutural interstices, the striaj 

 distinctly punctate, especially in the scutellar area ; the lateral 

 interstice is narrow and ceases before the apex. 



Ilab. Ketoi. 



Lyrosoma ovijjenne, sp. n. 



Rufo-bruuneum, vix nitidum ; elytris oviformibus, striis obsoletis 



punctatis. 

 L. 5 mill. 



