HISTÈRIDAE FROM BURMA 29 



behind the eyes, it nearly touches the base, scutellar fovea 

 small but very distinct; elytra, striae 1-3 entire, 4.^ shortened 

 at the base with a bent appendage, 5.^ apical reaching the middle, 

 suturai parallel to the last and a little longer, all crenulate; 

 propygidium lightly impressed on each side, punctate, punctures 

 most scattered in the middle; pygidium more thickly, little 

 densely punctured, except at the apex which is smooth; pro- 

 sternum is obscurely striate between the coxae; mesosternum 

 nearly straight in front, stria marginal and very fine; meta- 

 sternum is smooth, marginal stria also very fine and continued 

 down the sides, widening out very much posteriorly; anterior 

 tibiae armed with a series of small teeth apparently 8 to 10 

 when not worn, but some examples have but 5 or 6. 



Should be placed near dentipes. 

 Hab. Garin Gheba 900-1100 m. 



36. Mister dentipes, n. sp. 



OvaliSj, convexiusculus :, niger nitidus; fronte stria bisinuata; 

 pronoto stria interna obliqua^ vix abbreviata; elytris^ striis 1-4 

 integris , 5-6 dimidiata; pygidium parum dense punctato; meso- 

 sterno in medio obsolete producto. Long. 3 ^4"^ mill. 



Oval, little convex, black shining, very finely and not thickly 

 punctulate; frontal stria well-marked, sinuous on each side; 

 thorax, marginal stria very fine and ceasing behind the eye, 

 internal strong at the sides and little oblique leaving a rather 

 wide interstice anteriorly, abbreviated before the base, fine and 

 crenulate behind the head; elytra, striae crenulate 1-4 entire, 

 5-6 apical , suturai reaching the middle , the fifth shorter ; the 

 pygidium is rather densely punctate, the propygidium rather 

 less so; the presternum is without striae but is very feebly cut 

 out to receive the mesosternum, the latter being slightly pro- 

 duced in the middle with a complete stria, fine but clearly cut 

 and not crenulate; the metasternal stria is also fine and is 

 straight in front. The first abdominal segment is formed like that 

 of H. pii'ithous Mars. The anterior tibiae are a little dilated 



