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Oval, black shining, rather convex; head v^ith a shallow 

 transverse impression behind the frontal stria, stria a little 

 bowed very distinct and continued behind the eye; thorax, la- 

 teral stria rather deep, feebly sinuous, leaving a wide interstice 

 and joining the marginal stria behind the eye and then it 

 continues behind the head where it is fine and crenulate ; elytra, 

 striae 1-3 entire, 4-5 apical and reaching nearly to the middle, 

 suturai longer and medial , being abbreviated at both ends ; 

 propygidium roughly punctate; pygidium also coarsely punctured 

 in a triangular space in the middle and margined broadly , 

 except at the base, with a smooth raised surface. Presternum 

 without striae, anterior lobe punctate ; mesosternum not emar- 

 ginate anteriorly, transverse stria complete arched in front and 

 continuing at the sides to the base of the metasternum. The 

 anterior tibiae bear 3 or 4 obtuse teeth; the tarsi are all very 

 short and rather robust, and there is a deep groove in the fore 

 tibia to correspond to them. The hind tibiae are a little pro- 

 duced at the apex on the outer edge. 



Hah. Garin Gheba 900-1100 m. 



The genus Mister was founded by Marseul on a single species, 

 and I place the above in it with some hesitation. 



7. Eblisia monticola, n. sp. 



Ohlonga, parum convexa, nigra nitida; fronte stria utrinque 

 aubsinuata; pronoto, stria laterali valida, interstitio in medio lato; 

 elytris, striis 1-3 integris, 4-6 ahhreviatis; propygidio punctato; 

 pygidio laeui utrinque profunde sulcato. Long. 3 ^j^-^ ''^M- 



Oblong, smooth, little convex, black and shining; forehead 

 almost level, stria feebly impressed, a little sinuous on each side; 

 thorax somewhat transverse, stria deep and complete, widening 

 out gradually from the anterior angle to behind the middle, 

 then turning again towards the outer margin , at the base it 

 turns inwards and ceases in front of the first elytral stria. The 

 stria is deepest where it is farest fi'om the lateral margin. The 

 elytra are 6-striate all equally well marked, 1-3 complete, the 



