Species o/Histeridse. 207 



stria recta supra oculos interrupta ; pronoto subtilissime punctu- 

 lato, margine tenuissime elevato, stria hand valida, pone oculos 

 eyanesceate, interstitio haud lato ; elytris striis 1 et 2 validis, 

 integris, 3 in medio interrupta, 4 basali ; propygidio transversim 

 grosse punctate; pygidio undique ocellato -punctate, margine 

 (basi excepta) elevato ; prosterne Isevi ; mesesterno transverse, 

 late sinuate, stria marginali Integra. L. 5 mill. 



Hab. Gilolo {Wallace). 



A.Jictitiusis sculptured above almost exactly to the pattern 

 of Platysoma planisternum^ but in the former the forehead is 

 concave. Beneath, the two species are also alike in the great 

 width of the mesosternum, but \\\fictitms there is a well-marked 

 marginal stria, while in the other the surface is quite plain. 



Platysoma plamsternurrij Lewis, should be placed in the 

 genus Apohletes. 



Platysoma cinnamomeumj White. — The following is White's 

 description of this species : — *' Smooth, deep rich purplish 

 brown ; head in front considerably hollowed out ; elytra near 

 the sides with three slightly curved, deeply impressed lines, 

 and three shallow impressed lines at the end of each elytron 

 between these and the suture. L. If lines." 



Hab. New Zealand [Copt. Parry). 



Platysoma punctulatum, n. sp. 



Oblonge-ovatum, subdepressum, nigrum, nitidum, supra punctulatum ; 

 frente leviter concava, stria subrecta ; pronoto stria laterali 

 integra, basi centinuata ; elytris striis 1-3 integris, 4 basi abbre- 

 viata, 5 dimidiata, 6 obsoleta ; pygidio convexo ocellate-punctato ; 

 prosterne lobe marginate, punctulato ; mesesterno stria integra. 

 L. 5 miU. 



Hah. Assam. 



This species has the facies of many characters in common 

 with capense, which is very remarkable, because the localities 

 of these species lie 5500 miles apart. The abdomen beneatli 

 is punctured alike in both species. 



Platysoma sexstriatumj n. sp. 



Oblengum, subparallelum, subcenvexum, nigrum, nitidum; frente 

 cencava, stria integra supra oculos angulata ; pronoto stria laterali 

 integra; elytris striis dersalibus 1-3 integris, 4 et 5 brevissimis ; 

 propygidio transversim punctate ; pygidio grosse punctato, margine 

 fortius elevato ; mesesterno sinuate et marginato. L. 5 mill. 



Hab. Java [Raffray) . 



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