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passing the intermediate coxae is divided into two; the metasternum 

 smooth with a small Cluster of punctures near the posterior coxae; 

 the femora, anterior pair coospicuously punctate on the under sur- 

 face, the others smooth, anterior tibiae 4 — 5 spinöse, the spine 

 rather nearer the base than the naiddle being detached from the 

 next two which are placed somewhat together near the tarsi. 



Anaglymma afra Lew. has the anterior femora somewhat 

 similarly punctured but less conspicuously than those of A. con- 

 gonis. A. crenulata Lew. also resembles it in this respect. 



This species is undoubtedly congenerie with A. afra, figured 

 in the Ann. M. N. Hist. Vol. XIV, Ser. 6, 1894, p. 174, but the 

 fifth and sutural Striae are not divided, the prosternum is not so 

 wide and the arched Stria of the meso- and metasterna widens 

 out somewhat behind. 



Hister crenulatus sp. n. 



Ovatus , convexus , niger, nitidus; thorace Stria interna pro- 

 funde impresso; elytris striis subhumerali interna, dorsalibus tribus 

 primis integris. 4^ siibi7itegris, 5"* dimidiata, suturali antice abbre- 

 viata. — Long. 8 — 8^ mill. 



Oval, convex, black, shining; the head, mandibles immarginate, 

 Stria straight aoteriorly, subhexagonal, smooth rather wide; the 

 thorax lateral marginal Stria very fine terminating behind the eye, 

 intermediate Stria continues anteriorly round the angle and poste- 

 riorly terminates in a small fovea well before the base , interior 

 Stria laterally wide and deep, not sinuous, with a narrow margin 

 of punctures along its inward edge , behind the head it continues 

 moderately impressed with somewhat crenulate edges, along the 

 basal edge opposite the complete Striae are some more or less 

 oblong punctures; the elytra, Striae, internal -subhumeral and first 

 to third deep and wide with crenulate edges (corresponding in 

 form to those of H. rugistrius Lew. from India), fourth less 

 wide and deep, very slightly shortened at the apex and some- 

 times joined to the fifth, fifth apical and dimidiate, sutural shortened 

 before the base and slightly turning from the suture at either end, 

 interstice between it and the fifth rather wide; the propygidium, 

 punctures rather large somewhat oval and densely set with the 

 interstices a little raised giving them a netlike appearance; the pygi- 

 dium similarly punctured, but the punctures are slightly smaller 

 and even more dense (the punctures on the pygidium agree with 

 those of H. fortis Seh.); the prosternum, keel without Striae, 



