neio /^ecies q/'IIisteiidie. .O-j 



witlj Paykull'd fif^iiro and description, except tliat the second 

 and third dorsal strife are not united. Paykiill's specimen 

 was evidently a monstrosity. The prosternal keel is micro- 

 scopically striirose ; the mososternum is feebly and rather 

 widely sinuous, and the mar;j^inal stria is widely interru|)ted, 

 not reachiri;.^ the sinuosity, but across the mesosternum there 

 is an independent arched stria which reaches its base and is 

 continued laterally and sinuously along the metasternum. 



Ulster asoka, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte impunctata, stria in medio 

 anguste interrupta ; pronoto utrinquo grosse punctate ; elytris 

 striis 1-4 intcgris, 5 abbrcviata ; propygidio pygidioque 

 puiictulatis. 



L S.^ mill. 



Oval, convex, black and shining ; the head irapunctate, 

 frontal stria semicircular but slightly interrupted in the middle; 

 the thorax with large punctures laterally, punctures most 

 numerous behind the anterior angles, a little before the 

 middle on either side is a large but shallow impression, 

 lateral stria almost complete but a little shortened at its base ; 

 the elytra, stiite 1—4 complete but tlie second and fourth do 

 not touch the base, 5 apical nearly dimidiate and sometimes 

 a little broken or punctiform, sutural indicated by fine 

 punctures at and behind the middle, subhumeral dimidiate ; 

 the mesosternum is sinuous and marginate; anterior tibiaj 

 3-dentate. 



This species belongs to a section of the genus which should 

 include Ilister ariasi and jekeli, Mars., and //. aino, Lew., 

 and they all infest old trees. The species agree in having the 

 inner dorsal striae more or less fine and punctiform, and ariasi 

 and aino are similar in having the head punctured behind the 

 frontal stria. The trivial name will recall to memory that of 

 the ruler of India in the third century B.C. 



The four species mentioned above would be placed in 

 Motschulsky's genus Pactolinus should it ever be characterized 

 and adopted. 



Ilab. Dohra Dun, United Provinces, India. Found under 

 the bark of spruce by Mr. E. P. Stebbing. 



Ulster virginicv, Casey. An example I have received 

 from America labelled virginuc is Ulster merdariusy Iloffra., 

 a species common to both the Old and New World. Whether 

 it agrees with Casey's type I cannot say. 



