LACTICA.—HERM ZOPHAGA. 261 
39. Lactica elegans ? 
Lactica elegans, Harold, Col. Hefte, xiv. p. 151. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—Co.omBia |. 
A specimen from Chiriqui merely differs from von Harold’s description in having 
the elytra black (the sutural and lateral margins excepted) instead of blue. 
HERMAOPHAGA. (To follow the genus Lactica, p. 284.) 
Hermeophaga, Foudras, in Mulsant’s Col. Fr. p. 299 (1860); Weise, Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. vi. 
p- 849 (1885). . 
The species belonging to this genus are few in number, and principally inhabit the 
Old World. In their general appearance and structure they resemble Lactica and 
Diphaulaca; the thorax has its posterior margin produced in the middle, and the 
sulcus is generally sinuate; the four anterior tibie are armed with a small spine.. 
Haltica minuta and H. parvula, Jac., would, no doubt, be better placed in Hermeo- 
phaga. 
1. Hermeophaga parvula. 
Haltica parvula, huj. op. p. 299. 
To the localities given, add :—Mzexico, Tuxtla (Sallé), Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. 
Smith); Guatemaua, Yzabal (Sallé). 
2. Hermzophaga minuta. 
Haltica minuta, huj. op. p. 299. 
3. Hermzophaga fulva. 
Fulvous, the legs black, the thorax impunctate, the elytra extremely minutely punctured. 
Length 1 line. 
Hab. GuateMaua, Tamahu in Vera Paz (Champion). 
This small species agrees entirely in its structural characters with Herm@ophaga, but 
differs from all the other members of the genus, H. semistriata excepted, by its fulvous 
colour. The antenne are long and slender, and have their third joint twice as long as 
the second. The thorax has the anterior angles oblique, and the posterior margin 
produced in the middle ; the basal sulcus is deep, slightly sinuate, and interrupted by 
a short longitudinal groove at the sides, beyond which it extends to the posterior 
angles. The elytra are cylindrical in shape, scarcely perceptibly depressed below the 
base, with extremely fine punctures placed in rows, which disappear almost entirely 
near the apex. ‘The legs are black. 
A single specimen. 
