HALTICA. 269 
Head rugosely punctured between the eyes, the frontal elevations broad, trigonate, the carina also widened, 
_ the mandibles fulvous; antenne extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the lower four joints fulvous 
at the base, joints 2-4 gradually increasing in length ; thorax nearly quadrate, comparatively long, the 
sides scarcely rounded, the basal groove almost entirely obliterated or only very faintly indicated, the 
surface rather closely but somewhat irregularly punctured, the interspaces slightly granulate ; scutellum 
broader than long, smooth; elytra narrow and parallel, the shoulders scarcely prominent, the surface 
punctured like that of the thorax, but with the punctures arranged in close and rather regular rows which 
are distinct to the apex; underside finely granulate, without punctures; legs entirely fulvous; the last 
ventral segment of the male with a rounded scarcely projecting median lobe. 
Hab. Mexico, near the city (H. H. Smith), Guanajuato (Sallé). 
The narrowly elongate shape, the quadrate thorax and its close punctuation, and the 
fulvous legs will help to distinguish this species. The variety with fulvous antenne 
was obtained at Guanajuato. 
26. Haltica angulicollis. 
Narrowly elongate, black, above dark blue; antenne slender, filiform, the basal two joints obscure fulvous ; 
thorax finely granulate, the sulcus almost obsolete on the dise but more distinct at the sides; elytra very 
closely and irregularly punctured. 
Q. Elytra with an acutely raised lateral ridge which is abbreviated near the apex. 
Length 1 line. | 
Head somewhat rugose between the eyes, the latter large and prominent; the frontal elevations rather elongate, 
not strongly raised ; the margins of the clypeus and labrum testaceous; antenne long and filiform, the 
third and the following joints equal in length, the first and second joints more or less fulvous at the apex ; 
thorax short, transverse, very little narrowed at the base, the sides feebly rounded, the anterior angles 
oblique, thickened, the surface minutely granulate, without punctures, but with some small irregular 
depressions, the basal sulcus very shallow, more distinct at the sides than at the middle, the basal margin 
slightly sinuate in the centre; scutellum black; elytra with a feeble basal depression, the shoulders 
rather prominent, the surface very closely and distinctly punctured throughout, the sides slightly longi- 
tudinally depressed in the male, but with an acute ridge, commencing at the shoulder, in the female ; 
underside and legs black; last ventral segment in the male simple. 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 
The long and filiform antenne, the short and finely granulate thorax, and the oblique 
anterior angles of the latter chiefly define this species. The female has an acutely 
raised lateral ridge to the elytra. 
27. Haltica fulvipes. 
Violaceous-black, the legs fulvous; thorax finely and sparingly punctured, the basal sulcus nearly obsolete ; 
elytra closely and distinctly semi-regularly punctured, the apex nearly impunctate. 
Length 14-2 lines. 
Of a blackish colour with a slight violaceous tint; the head rugosely punctured between the eyes, the frontal 
elevations broad and but feebly raised ; antenne black, the basal joints more or less stained with fulvous, 
the second, third, and fourth joints gradually increasing in length, the terminal jointe slightly thickened ; 
thorax rather convex, about one half broader than long, widened at the sides before the middle, the base 
slightly narrowed, the surface finely but distinctly and not closely punctured, the basal sulcus only faintly 
visible at the sides ; elytra with rather regular and closely placed rows of strong punctures, which gradually 
diminish towards the apex; underside nearly black; legs entirely fulvous. 
Hab. Nicaracua, Granada (Sallé); Panama, David in Chiriqui (Champion). 
