new S/tccies of Ilisitciidie. 2."^3 



stria ccdnjjk'tt' and tlio interstice between it ami tlie lateral 

 stria is latlier liioad, only narro\vin<^ at the base ; the elytra, 

 stria' 1-4 complete, 1-3 strung' and rather wide, 4 finer, 5 and 

 sutural apical, short and broken, humeral ^triai absent ; the 

 propy<,Mdium is coarsely and thickly punctate, witii a rather 

 witle impressicMi on either side; the pygidium is also coarsely 

 ]>unctate, with a gibbosity on either side near the base (re- 

 sembling 11. coroudtuSj Mars., in this character) ; the pro- 

 sternum, anterior lobe with scattered shallow punctures, 

 keel bistriate, striiu joining before and behind, are rather 

 fine and before the coxa3 sinuous ; the mesosteriium is slightly 

 sinuous behind the keel of the prosternum, marginal stria 

 rather fine and crenulate ; the metasternum has a similar 

 stria which follows the sutural line and widens out laterally 

 behind ; anterior tibia 4-dentate, apical tooth bifid. 



This species must be placed in the American scries close 

 to //. nodatiis and bullatus, Lew., and near to IJ. corunatusj 

 Mars., which it resembles in the form of its pygidium. 



JIab. Mexico («/. Flohr). One example. 



Ulster meridanus, sp. n. 



Breviter ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte stria valida : pro- 

 noto stria externa dimidiata, interna integra ; elytris striis 1-4 

 integris, 5 brevissiiua, suturali utrinque abbreviata ; propygidio 

 pygidioque dense et gro-sse punctatis, hoc levitcr bilobo ; pro- 

 sterno bistriato, striis postice ct antice conjunctis ; tibiis auticis 

 5-G-dentati3. 



L. 4] mill. 



Rather shortly oval, convex, black and shining; the head 

 very finely, not densely punetulaie, stria rather strong, arched 

 anteriorly, angulate above the eyes, and joining a transverse 

 stria before the neck ; the thorax, marginal stria very fine, 

 visible above at the anterior angles, outer lateral stria ceases 

 behind the eye and continues halfway down the lateral edge, 

 inner is complete and slightly crenulate, especially behind tlie 

 anterior angles, the basal edge is punctate, but the points do 

 not reach the scutellar region ; the elytra, dorsal stride, 1-4 

 complete, 5 apical and very short, sutural much shortened in 

 front and a little shortened behind; the propygidium and 

 pygidium are densely and coarsely punctate, the former is 

 impressed on either side behind, the latter is slightly bi- 

 lobed ; the prosternum, anterior lobe margined with a fine 

 stria and has large shallow conspicuous punctures, keel 

 bistriate, strije clearly joined before and behind and are widely 

 sinuous in the middle; the mcsosternum is feebly sinuous in 



