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antice subrecta ; pronoto marginato, stria lateral! interna In- 

 tegra, externa subintegra, basi punctato ; elytris striis, subhume- 

 rali nulla, 1^ integris, 5 in medio abbreviata, suturali arcuata 

 dimidiata ; propygidio parce et grosse punctate ; pygidio apice 

 laevi ; prosterno basi rotundato ; mesosterno apice subsinuato, 

 stria integra, tibiis antice valide 3-dentatis, posticis spinulosis. 

 L. 4 miU. 



Hah, Abyssinia {Raffray). 



This insect may be placed next to martius. There is no 

 Ulster at present in the list which has the fore tibiae so 

 strongly denticulate, although in this characteristic castaneus 

 approaches it. 



Hister occidentalism n. sp. 



Ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus ; stria frontali semicirculari ; pronoto 

 stria lateral! interna unica integra, margine punctato ; elytria 

 striis 1-4 dorsalibus integris, 5, rudimento aucta, suturalique in 

 medio, abbreviatis; propygidio pygidioque sat dense sequaliter 

 punctatis ; prosterno margine striato ; mesosterno subsinuato, 

 stria integra; tibiis anticis 7-8-denticulatis, posticis parce 

 spinosis. L, 5 mill. 



Hob. China (? Shanghai) . 



This species connects the fauna of Asia with that of America, 

 as it is very closely allied to cognatus. It differs in the fifth 

 elytral stria being abbreviated in the middle and rudimentary 

 at the base, in the thoracic punctuation widening out into a 

 cluster behind the eyes, and in the propygidium and pygidium 

 being much less densely punctate. The specific name indicates 

 its locality from an American standpoint. 



Hister limhatus^ Truqui. — I possess an entirely black ex- 

 ample of this somewhat rare species from Abyssinia. 



Carcinops striatisternum^ n. sp. 



Oblongus, paraUelus, parum convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte punc- 

 tulata, stria marginali integra, basi continuata, recta ; pronoto 

 sparse punctulato, lateribus punctis grossis intermixtis, stria 

 integra ; elytris stria 1 integra, 2 postice punctiformi, 3 punc- 

 tiformi, 4 basi cum suturali juncta, 5 pimctiformi basi inter- 

 rupta, subhumerali interna integra; propygidio pygidioque 

 punctatis ; prosterno basi impresso, stria marginali basi termi- 

 nata ; mesosterno sinuato marginatoque ; metasterno utrinque 

 parallelo-striato. L. 1^ mill. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



This species is more parallel than most in the list ; the meta- 

 sternum has on each side a very clearly defined stria between 



