VIAGGIO DI LEOMEDO FEA 



IN BIRMANIA E REGIONI VICINE 



XII. 



HISTERIDAE 

 by GEOKGE LEWIS F. L. S. 



The following pages record the species of Histeridae which 

 form part of an important collection made by Signor Leonardo 

 Fea in Burma and on the coast-line to the south included in 

 Pegu and Tenasserim, The collection contains about 56 species, 

 of which 17 are treated of as new and 36 are assigned to 

 described species, 14 in the series are unique and 2 or 3 species 

 are left over as being either single specimens or in such condi- 

 tion as to make it undesirable to do more with them. The num- 

 ber of species as a whole is not large, considering the country in 

 which they were obtained, and the number of the uniques also 

 somewhat detracts from the value of Signor Fea's collection. 

 The Histeridae require special methods to be employed for their 

 successful discovery and these methods require perhaps more 

 time and care than a Naturalist, whose chief object has been 

 the exploration of a Country as a general Biologist, can well 

 afford to give. 



The most remarkable insect in the series is a fine Platysoma, 

 with two broad yellow bands across the elytra, and it is the 

 more noticeable as it is the first maculated species recorded in 

 the genus. Notodoma globatum Marseul, an insect which frequents 



