new Species of llistericlic. 359 



any other dt'scribed, but the prostornal (oxccj)t that tlu-y do 

 not nicft in front) and nicsostciiuil stiiie resemble those of 

 P. ci/anipennis, Fiilir. 



J/af>. Zanzibar [Iiafran). 



Note. — Pacln/cncrus Bocaiulei, ^Im?., /'. ci/aneipennis^ 

 Fiihr., /'. monilus, Lew., and P. /rater, Lew., form a small 

 group in the genus in whieh tlie mesosternum has no mar"inal 

 stria on the anterior border : P. Jioc<in<lei, Mars., is known 

 from the others by having the thoraeie stria eomplcte ; in 

 P. cf/aneipennis, morulas^ and frater the stria is interrupted 

 behind the neck ; in P. frater the fifth dorsal stria is some- 

 times evanescent before the base. 



Ulster Colensoi, sp. n. 



Breviter ovatus, convexus, nigor, nitidus ; fronte minute punctu- 

 lata, stria antico recta ; pronoto bistriato, striis parallelis, raar;?iiio 

 ciliato ; elytris striis l-IJ integris, 4-5 apicali-i»uiietiforniihus, 

 suturali antice late abbreviata ; prosterno in medio augustato 

 baud striate. 



L. 8| mill. 



Shorily oval, convex, black, shining; tlie head very 

 minutely punctulate, stria complete, straight anteriorly, 

 vertex smootii ; the thorax, outer margins ciliate, lateral rim 

 very finely carinate and continued as a stria behind the head, 

 but is widely interrupted behind the neck, outer lateral stria 

 runs parallel to the margin, has a narrow interstice, and 

 ceases after passing the anterior angle, inner stria comj)Ietc 

 and parallel to tlie outer one, interstice wide save in front; 

 the elytra, outer humeral stria absent, inner deep and shortened 

 before the base, 1-3 complete, 4-5 represented by a iQw very 

 fine apical points, sutural dorsal turning from the suture 

 apically ; the propygidium and pygidium punctate, but the 

 points are not closely set, apical edge of the latter smooth ; 

 the prosternum, keel before the coxas narrow, without strisej 

 the mesosternum is feebly sinuous, stria complete, also 

 sinuous and close to the anterior edge ] the anterior tibia3 

 strongly tridentate, the others spinose. 



The species should be placed next to H. rohiisticollis. Lew. 

 It belongs to Marseul's first division. 



Hah. Ulundi, Natal [Marshall). A stercoraceous species 

 (no. 428). 



Ulster planif or oil's J sp. n. 



Ovalis, parum convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte impressa, stria 

 integra ; pronoto stria laterali interna baud iatcrrupta, externa 



