250 Mr. G. Lewis on 



Ulster pi nnulce, sp. n. 



Suborbicailaris, convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte valide striata ; 

 thorace stria marginali iiitegra, interna iinica basi multo abbre- 

 viata, antice post aiigulos tci minata ; elytris striis 1-4 integris, 

 5 dimidiata, suturali medium superante ; pygidio leevi ; tibiis 

 anticis intus et extus dilatatis, 



L. 3§ mill. 



Nearly orbicular, convex, black and shining; the head, 

 vertex slightly convex, stria complete and strong, straight 

 behind the clypeus ; the thorax, marginal stria fine and com- 

 plete, feebly crenulate beiiind the neck, inner stria rather 

 deep, much shortened at the base, arched, and terminating 

 behind the anterior angle, surface (and that of the head) 

 microsco])ically punctured; the elytra, outer humeral stria 

 well-marked but very short, and posteriorly only just reaching 

 the middle, dorsal stria3 1-4 complete, 1-3 parallel to each 

 other, 4 bent, 5 straight, rather tine, apical and dimidiate, 

 sutural apical and passing beyond the middle, and it is parallel 

 to the suture ; the propygidium is punctulate, but not very 

 conspicuously ; the pygidium is smooth ; the prosternum, the 

 anterior lobe has a sinuous immarginate apex, keel not acute, 

 rather short and triangular at the base ; the mesosternum is 

 nearly straight anteriorly, marginal stria rather fine, close to 

 the edge, and complete ; the anterior tibiae are dilated at the 

 tarsal end on both edges, the dilatation on the inner edge is 

 obtusely angulate, on the outer edge there are 4 or 5 small 

 teeth. 



The thoracic striaj in //, pi7inulce resemble those of //. tor- 

 quatus, Mars., except that in the first the inner stria is more 

 shortened behind and less hamate in front. 



JIab. S.E. Borneo [DoJierty). 



Hister vacillans, sp. n. 



Suborbicularis, convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte minute punctulata, 

 stria intcgra ; tborace stria marginali interriipta, interna unica 

 pone oculos utriuque deflexa, basi paululum abbreviata ; elytris 

 striis 1-4 integris, 5 et suturali abbreviatis ; tibiis anticis extus 

 dilatatis, 



L. 3i mill. 



Nearly orbicular, convex, black and shining ; the head, 

 surface finely punctulate, stria complete and very feebly bi- 

 sinuous in front ; the thorax is more clearly punctulate than 

 the forehead, marginal stria fine and terminating beliind the 

 eye, internal strong laterally, feebly sinuous and shortened 



