■new ,8pecee6' o/ Hisleridfe, 345 



Oval, convex, black and shining- ; the head very finely 

 punctulate, stria complete and straigiit anteriorly, forehead 

 not impressed ; the thorax, inner lateral stria complete, outer 

 short and almost confined to the angle ; the elytra, strise, 

 outer humeral short and just before the middle, inner well- 

 marked apical and slightly overlaps the outer stria, 1-3 

 complete, 4-5 very short and apical, sutural is much short- 

 ened anteriorly; the pygidia are very finely punctulate (like 

 those of cavifrons. Mars.) ; the mesosternum is slightly 

 sinuous and marginate anteriorly ; the anterior tibise arc 

 5-dentate. 



This species belongs to a section of the genus peculiarly 

 American. 



Ilah. Argentina, Province Salta and Tucuman (C. Bruch 

 and G. A. Baer). 



Ulster foveicollis , sp. n, 



Ovalis, convesiusculus, niger, iiitidus ; frontc plana, stria semi- 

 circulari ; pronoto in medio bifovcolato ; elytria striis 1-4 

 dorsalibus iutcgris, 5 efc suturali abbreviatis; propygidio bifoveo- 

 lato pygidioque punctulatis. 



L. 5|-6 mill. 



Oval, slightly oblong, somewhat convex, black and shining ; 

 the forehead plane, not impressed, stria complete and semi- 

 circular, surface very finely punctulate; the thorax also very 

 finely punctulate, with two discal foveas separated by about 

 the width of the head, inner lateral stria complete, outer 

 dimidiate or sometimes longer ; the elytra, strias, inner 

 humeral shortened one third at the base, dorsal 1-4 complete, 

 5 nearly dimidiate, sutural one third longer; the propygidium 

 and pygidium very finely punctulate, the first has two shallow 

 foveae near the outer edge ; tlie mesosternum emarginate, 

 stria complete ; the anterior tibial 5-6-dentate. 



This species is rather more oblong than H. punctifer, Payk., 

 but it is otherwise very similar. The thoracic fovete are 

 very peculiar, and had I ordy a single example I should 

 have considered them incidental. 



Ilah. Brazil, Minas, Serra de Diamantina {E. Gounelle) ; 

 three examples. 



Grammostethus socius, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexiusculus, niger, nitidus ; froute minute punctulata, 

 stria arcuata, Integra ; elytris striis 1-4 integris, 5 et suturali 

 diraidiatis; prosterno striis posticis abbreviatis. 



L. 4 miU. 



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