344 Mr. G. Lewis on 



Ulster siihsulcatus, Mars. (185t),=://. hottentotta^ Er. 

 (1834), syu. n. 



Ulster turanus, Sols. E,cise Fedscli. Turkest., 

 Col. ii. p. 223 (1876). 



" Siibqnadrato-ovatus, convexus, niger, nitidus, antcnnis piceis ; 

 t'ronte biimprossa, stria Integra, antice recta ; proaoto transverse, 

 iiatrorsum parum angustato, utrinque breviter ciliato et bistriato, 

 striis integris ; elytris striis dorsalibus 1-3 integris, 4 parum 

 abbreviata, baud appcndiculata ; margine inflexo impresso, 

 bistriato, laevi ; propygidio basi disperse, minus subtiliter punc- 

 tate, apice Isevi, pygidio sat crebre subtilius punctate ; prosterno 

 apioe rotundato ; mesosterno late, sat profunde sinuate, stria 

 integra ; tibiis anticis valide S-dentatis, dente apicali bilebo, 

 pesticis biseriatim 5-6-denticulato-spinosis. 



"L.2|." 



" //rti. In valle Sarafschan, specimen unicum." 

 The above is Solsky's diagnosis, and there is more in tlie 

 Russian language descriptive ot" the species. 



Ulster falsus, Sols. Reise Fedscli. Turkest., 

 Col. ii. p. 229 (1876). 



" Oblongus, subquadrato-ovatus, convexus, niger, nitidus, supra 

 obsolete, subtiliter punctulatus, antennis rufo-brunneis, basi 

 nigricantibus. Stria frontali antice recta, medio subsinuata ; 

 maudibulis supra plana, subtiliter rugulosis. Pronoto antrorsum 

 parum angustato, stria laterali interna integra, externa ante 

 medium abbreviata. Elytris thorace lengioribus, stria sub- 

 humerali nulla, 1-3 dorsalibus integris, laevibus, 4-6 abbreviatis, 

 apicalibus, 5 fere nulla, 6 dimidiata ; fossa marginali laevi bi- 

 striata. Propygidio pygidioque minus crebre punctatis, illic 

 apice la^vigato. Mesosterno apice emarginato, stria integra. 

 Tibiis anticis quadridentatis, dente apicali bilobo, pesticis 7-8- 

 spinoso-denticulatis. 



" Var. striis 4 et 5 dorsalibus omino deletis. 



" Long. 0, lat. 44- mill." 



" Ad Maracandam." Turkestan. 



Ilister Brucliij sp. n. 



Ovatus, convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte baud impressa, stria antice 

 recta ; pronote stria interna integra, externa brevi ; elytris striis 

 1-3 integris, 4-5 apicalibus, suturali medium versus abbreviata ; 

 pygidio tenuissime punctulato ; mesosterno marginato, antice 

 sinuate : tibiis anticis 5-dentatis. 



