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Huh. (\i]io St. liucas, Tiowcr California. 



9 ■ Boily elongate, dark piceous. Head punctured, disk ot' the throat 

 smooth, shining, sides obliquely wrinkled; front hairy, deeply impressed ; 

 two ol)li(jue, sulcate, somewhat acute elevations at the base of the anten- 

 na), separated by a dorsal stria and giving the front the appearance of be- 

 ing horned or eared ; on the vertex, between the eyes, are two longitudi- 

 nal elevations thickened posteriorly but not extending lieyond the eyes 

 and also separated by the dorsal stria; eyes large, prominent and coarsely 

 granulated; palpi reddish-brown ; mandibles strong, acute, rugose at base. 

 Antennae about as long as the I)ody, clothed with light colored hairs; 11- 

 jointed, first joint robust, rather long, clavate and roughly punctured with 

 a longitudinal, abbreviated groove on the outside, second joint very short, 

 third joint longer than the fourth, the following joints about equal. Tho- 

 rax scabrous ; disk with two obtuse elevations and a smooth spot behind 

 them; lateral spine prominent and acute; an obtuse elevation on each side 

 before the spine; posterior margin depressed, rather smooth; anterior 

 margin fringed with light colored cilia. Scutellum quadrate. Elytra broad- 

 er than the thorax, smooth, except a few indistinct scattered punctures 

 about the base ; three longitudinal elevated lines on each elytron, becom- 

 ing obsolete on the tip, the lateral one, which is on a line with the humer- 

 us, is somewhat uneven and acute, the other two are not so distinct; be- 

 tween the humerus and scutellum there is a small, round, oranire-colored 

 elevation from which proceeds the innermost elevated line ; humerus prom- 

 inent, With a small obtuse tubercle below; tip with two rather short, acute, 

 terminal spines. Legs slender; each femur armed with two terminal spurs 

 which are obsolete on the anterior pair; tibiae and tarsi yellowish sericeous. 

 Length 13 lines. 



In the male specimen the autcnnfc are half again as long as the body 

 and the elevated lines of the elytra are obsolete. 



Although I have referred this species to the genus Uhuria, I have some 

 doubts of it being properly located, as it seems to differ in several particu- 

 lars, which may be of enough importance to be recog- Fio-. l. 

 nized as a seperate genus. The sculpture of the head 

 (of which Fig. 1 will give an idea), is very remarkable. 



I have named this species after my friend Mr. Henry 

 Ulke, whose labor and zeal in Entomology, I endeavor 

 to acknowledge, and to whose liberality the Society is indebted for this 

 and many other valuable additions to its collection. 



