Species of Histeridaa. 421 



stria complete and straight anteriorly ; the thorax — marginal 

 stria rather fine, incurved at the base, terminating in front 

 behind the eye, inner stria complete, rather strong, deflected 

 behind the eye, interstices between the strife somewhat wide ; 

 the elytra — humeral striaj formed as in //. latitibius^ but fine, 

 dorsal 1-3 complete, 4 little shortened at the base, 5 apical, 

 terminating before the middle ; the propygidium moderately 

 punctured, impressed on either side ; the pygidium evenly 

 and densely punctured on its upper surface, apex smooth ; 

 the prosternum — keel narrow before the coxse and without 

 sculpture ; the mesosternum emarginate, with a fine stria 

 laterally, stria obsolete in front ; the tibias are very broad, 

 anterior pair 3-dentate, the others spinose on the outer edge ; 

 tarsi very short. 



This species is larger than Hister latitihius, Mars. ; the 

 chief differences are — the inner thoracic stria is not shortened 

 at the base, the sutural dorsal stria is absent, and the meso- 

 sternum has no clearly marked marginal stria. In one 

 example the frontal stria is sinuous anteriorly, Hister lati- 

 tihnis is now considered to be a Gontipus (Ann. Mus. Civ, 

 Genov. vol. xii. 1891, p. 23). 



Hob. Dutch Timor [Doherty, 1892). 



Homalopygus cavifrons^ sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovalis, rufo-brunneus, nitidus; antennis pedibusque con- 

 coloribus ; fronte excavata, punctata, utrinque striata ; elytris 

 striis f-B"' integris, suturali autice ct postice abbreviata. 



L. 3 mill. 



Oblong-oval, reddish brown, shining ; the forehead sparsely 

 punctate, with a stria over the eye, excavated between the 

 antennte, excavation angulated posteriorly ; the thorax — mar- 

 ginal stria fine, invisible above at the sides, feebly crenulate 

 behind the neck, anterior angles rounded off, punctuation 

 rather large at and behind the anterior angle and continuing 

 less thickly to the hind angle, punctures evanescent on the 

 disk and before the scutellum ; the elytra — striaa 1-3 complete 

 and crenulate at the edges, 4 apical and punctiform, scarcely 

 traceable, sutural fine, commencing at the middle and 

 shortened before the apex, there are a few 'scattered punc- 

 tures on the apical portions of the elytral interstices and on 

 the interspace between the fourth ar i sutural striis ; the pro- 

 pygidium and pygidium are clearly, not thickly, punctured, the 

 punctuation of tire latter is a little smaller ; the prosternum 

 is truncate at the base, striate, striae feebly crenulate, joining 

 at the base, diverging anteriorly, and terminating before the 



