206 Mr. G. Lewis o?i new 



sparsis cincto, pj'^gidio densissime punctulato ; prosterno apice 

 sinuato, immarginato ; mesoaterno modice sinuato. L. 7 mill. 



Hah. Chontales [Belt). 



This species is allied to curta, but is shorter : the chief 

 distinguishing characters are the absence of a long dorsal 

 stria, the fine and dense punctuation of the pygidium, and the 

 sinuosity in the apex of the mesosternum. 



Hololepta complanata^ Palis. Beauv. Ins. Afr. et Am, 

 p. 179, t. vi. fig. 5, appears to be closely allied to Lioderma 

 rimosum ; but the description as under does not quite accord 

 with it in respect to the third stria, which is not visible in 

 rimosum : — '^Hister complanatus. Depressus, nigrescens, tho- 

 race Isevi, utrinque antice puncto impresso ; elytris abdomine 

 multo brevioribus ; striis 3, interiore brevissima ; mandibulis 

 exsertis integris. Saint Dominique. 



"O&s. Cette esp^ce, un peu plus petite que la pr^c^dente 

 [Lioderma ^-dentatum], se distingue par son corps presque 

 aussi plat que la Punaise des lits, et par la strie la plus in- 

 term^diaire qui ne se prolonge que vers le milieu de I'^lytre. 

 De plus, le bas des ^lytres, dans I'Escarbot a Quatre Dents, 

 est tronqu^ de mani^re k former I'^chancrure d'un coeur. 

 En fin la couleur de I'Escarbot aplati est d'un noir brun et 

 non luisant." 



Lioderma nudum, n. sp. 



Oblongo-OTatum, subdepressum, nigruni, nitidum ; fronte impunctata, 

 striis 2 transversis brevibus ; pronoto marginato, lateribus obsolete 

 punctato, stria interna basiabbreviata; elytris striis, prima Integra, 

 secuiida brevi appendiculata, tertia brevissima ; propygidio punctis 

 parcis cincto, apice bifoveolato, pygidio dense punctato ; prosterno 

 antice angustato, postice trigone ; mesosterno antice marginato et 

 subsinuato. L. 9 mill. 



Hah. Ashanti. 



This species is doubtless very close to cajra, but the elytral 

 stria3 are different, and the thoracic punctures are nearly absent 

 and lie in a small cluster near the middle of the margin. The 

 thorax is marginate ; the lateral stria does not quite touch 

 the base, and in front terminates at the same point as the 

 margin behind the e}e. The prosternura is narrow until it 

 widens out at the base in the form of a triangle ; this last 

 character is also seen in caffra. 



Apohletes fictitius, n. sp. 

 Oblongo-ovatus, complanatus, piceus, nitidus ; fronte concava, 



