( ^17 ) Xr. Contrihiitions to the knowledge of African Phy-tophagous Coleoptera. Part II. By Maiitin Jacoby, F.E.S. [Read Feb. Gtb, 1895 (continued from page 179).] HALTICINiE. Lactica (?) lorinctafo-suJcaia, sp. n. Black, above testaceous as well as the basal joints of the antenn:\3 and the legs ; thorax pale fulvous, closely and strongly punctured, transversely sulcate ; elytra testaceous, strongly punctured in sub-geminate rows, the interstices longitudinally costate. Length, 2-2^ lines. Head broad, impunctatc at the vertex, obscurely fulvous, the frontal elevations oblong, strongly raised, the carina blunt and short, apical joint of palpi slender, pointed, piceous ; antenna) not extending to the middle of the elytra, much shorter in the female, the lower three or four joints fulvous, the rest black, the third joint slightly longer than the fourth, nearly all the joints widened at the apex in the male ; in the female the joints are much shorter, the second, third, and fourth are equal and short, and the basal joint is fulvous only ; thorax nearly twice as broad as long, rather convex, the sides rounded at the middle, narrowly margined, tlio anterior angles oblique, produced outwards into a blunt tooth, the surface closely and deeply punctured, pale or darker fulvous, the base with a deep transverse, slightly sinuate sulcus which ends at some distance from the lateral margin ; scutellum piceous ; elytra paler than the thorax, closely and deeply punctured in double rows, each row being divided by a longitudinal costa, the interstices also closely and finely punctate ; underside black, legs fulvous or testa-ceous, the tibiaj widened at the apex and sulcate, all armed with a spur, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the following three joints together, claws appendiculate, the anterior coxal cavities open ; the male with the last abdominal segment incised at each side, the median lobe broad. Kdb. South Africa, Rondeburg. I have only provisionally placed this insect in Lactica until similarly structured species may be found ; it has only the transverse thoracic groove and the open coxal TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1895. PART IIT. (sEPT.) 21
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