new Species of Histeridee. 373 
The type of the above is now in my collection, and I find 
it agrees in all its characters with the species I have placed 
in Baconia. I do not include Phelister micans, fulgidus, 
and angustus, Sch., in Baconia, because in these species the 
mesosterna are bisinuous and they have a sutural stria. 
There are about 120 species of Phelister now described, and 
there are 30 new species in my collection, and it is very 
desirable to separate some of these if satisfactory generic 
characters can be found. 
Omalodes oblongus, sp. n. 
Oblongus, parum convexus, niger, nitidus; fronte foveolata, stria 
eirculari antice haud retrorsum acuminata, clypeo late canalicu- 
lato; pronoto post angulos leviter punctulato; elytris striis 
dorsalibus 1 integra, 2 basi abbreviata, 3 dimidiata; tibiis anticis 
5-dentatis. 
L. 7% mill. 
Oblong, black and shining; the head, surface punctulate, 
deeply foveolate on the vertex, stria semicircular in outline, 
but not quite meeting in the middle, the clypeus is lightly 
but widely canaliculate; the thorax, marginal stria very fine 
except in the region of the anterior angles, slightly sinuous 
behind the eyes, lateral stria complete, surface feebly punc- 
tured behind the anterior angles, angles a little acute; the 
elytra, strie, inner humeral dimidiate, apical, and widely 
sinuous, 1 dorsal complete, 2 more marked and shortened at 
the base, 3 dimidiate and basal, 4 represented by a puncture 
or small fovea near the base; the propygidium is sparsely 
punctured and the punctures on the pygidium are finer and 
more ciosely set ; the prosternum is without striz and smooth ; 
the mesosternum has a bent stria on either side; the anterior 
tibiz are 5-dentate, but the apical tooth is large and obtuse, 
with four small denticulations along its edge. 
The oblong form of this species is similar to that of 
O. faustus, Mars. 
Hab. Valley of the Rio Pardo, Sao Paulo, December 1898 
(LE. Gounelle), 
flister Felipe, sp. n. 
Oblongus, subcylindricus, niger, nitidus; fronte leviter bifoveolata, 
stria antice bisinuata; pronoto striis marginali et laterali in- 
tegris ; elytris striis humerali, subhumerali et 1—4 integris, 5 et 
suturali basi abbreviatis; pygidio vix dense punctato; tibiis 
anticis dilatatis, 5-dentatis. 
L. 6-64 mill. 
