24 G. LEWIS 



Monograph is not good as it does not show the parallel form 

 of the species. 



Hab. Carin Asciuii Ghecù 1400-1500 m., Garin Gheba 900- 

 1100 m. 



23. Histerilutarius, Er. 



Hah. Carin Gheba, Carin Ghecù 1400-1500 m. 



24. Hister chinensis, Quens. 



Hab. Garin Asciuii Ghecù 1400-1500 m. 



25. Hister punctulatus, Wiedem., Zool. Mag. I, 3, p. 162. 

 Hab. Palon in Pegu. I have taken this species as far east as 



South Japan. 



26. Hister thibetanus, Mars. 



Hab. Palon in Pegu and Garin Gheba 900-1100. 



27. Hister pransus, n. sp. 



Oblongus; siibparallelus, convexus, niger nitidus^ fronte foveolata^ 

 stria integra; elytris, striìs 1-3 integrisi 4 basi abbreviata^ 5 api- 

 cali, 6 divnidiata; tibiis anticis extus marginalis. Long. 6 mill. 



Oblong, a little parallel, convex, black shining; frontal stria 

 shallow, semicircular, with a shallow fovea behind the middle 

 of the bow; thorax very finely punctulate, marginal stria fine 

 ceasing behind the eye, internal stria strong and sinuate late- 

 rally, turned inwards at the base, crenulate and slight behind 

 the head, interstice fairly wide with 1 or 2 scratches or short 

 striae at the anterior angle, scutellar point very fine; elytra, 

 striae obscurely crenulate, 1-3 complete, 4.* shortened a little at 

 the base, 5.^ apical and about half the length of the 6.* which 

 reaches the middle ; propygidium and pygidium evenly but not 

 thickly punctured, punctures evanescent in both posteriorly; 

 presternum without striae ; mesosternum narrowly emarginate 

 with a marginal stria, slight, not well marked. The front tibiae 



