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yradusy and the segment is punctured like the latter species, 

 except that the posterior area is transversely smooth. Both 

 species have similar strigosities on the elytral border. 

 I Jab. Loulouaburg, Congo Free State. 



Ulster sedulus, sp. n. 



Ovatus, convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte stria integra utrinque 

 valida, labro antice minute tuberculato ; elytris, striis 1-3 in- 

 tegris, 4-6 anticis abbreviatis ; pygidio subopaco ; tibiis anticis 

 4-dentatis. 



L. 6| mill. 



Oval, convex, black and shining ; the head, labrum with a 

 small tubercle on the middle of the anterior edge, frontal stria 

 entire, deep laterally, anteriorly straight, surface impunctate; 

 the thorax, marginal stria fine and terminating anteriorly 

 behind the eye, outer stria short and bent and confined to the 

 region of the anterior angle, inner stria complete, sinuous at 

 the base, deep laterally, finer and feebly crenulate behind the 

 head ; the elytra, stria*, outer humeral wanting, inner apical 

 strong and straight, reaching just beyond the middle, 1-3 

 complete, rather strong and feebly crenulate, 4-5 apical, the 

 first reaching the middle, the second a little shorter, sutural 

 apical and extending for two thirds of the elytral length, and 

 widens out a little apically ; the propygidium has a scattered 

 fine punctuation, with microscopic points interspersed, the 

 punctuation is scarcely seen along the apical border ; the 

 pygidium is but feebly shining and has a microscopical punc- 

 tuation only ; the presternum, anterior lobe obtusely pointed, 

 keel without sculpture; the mesosternum emarginate, stria 

 complete and sinuous at the emargination ; the tibise, anterior 

 with two strong teeth and two small ones near the base, 

 the apical tooth is much larger than the second, intermediate 

 and posterior spinose. 



The pygidium appears semiopaque and impunctate, but 

 very fine points are seen with a good lens. The fine marginal 

 stria terminating behind the eye is also an unusual character. 



Bab. Usambara, East Africa. 



Hister Floh?'i, sp. n. 



Ovatus, perconvexus, niger, nitidus ; elytris rubris, apice maculaque 

 scutellari nigris; pronoto striis lateralibus integris ; elytris striis 

 1-2 integris, 3 postice late abbreviata, suturali ante basin abbre- 

 viata ; propvgidio pygidioque sparse punctulatis. 



L. 3^ mill. 



Oval, very convex, black, shining ; the head, a few scat- 



