482 M. JACOBY 



front, the surface rather convex, with a few extremely minute 

 punctures when seen under a strong lens, fulvous, scutellum 

 fulvous; elytra slightly wider at the base than the thorax, very 

 obsoletely punctate-striate, the interstices nearly as strongly 

 punctured; black, the extreme basal and the lateral margins 

 more broadly, fulvous, the latter strongly thickened and pre- 

 ceded by a rather deep groove, under side and legs pale fulvous. 

 Ighibirei. 



HALTICIN^. 



16. Haltica Tbicolora, sp. ii. 



Metallic dark blue, the thorax impunctate, obsoletely bifoveo- 

 late anteriorly, elytra greenish cupreous, closely and finely 

 punctured in irregular rows, antennae, tibiae and tarsi black. 



Length 5 V2-6 millim. 



Frontal elevations of the head strongly raised, clypeus with 

 acute central ridge, antennae extending nearly to the middle 

 of the elytra, black, the lower two joints more or less fulvous, 

 third joint slightly shorter than the fourth, as long as the sixth 

 joint, thorax about one half broader than long, the sides feebly 

 rounded anteriorly, the basal sulcus deep, nearly straight, the 

 entire surface impunctate, violaceous blue, the anterior portion 

 at the sides with a small round fovea, elytra with prominent 

 shoulders, of greenish or brassy coloration, with very irregular 

 and close rows of punctures which gradually get finer towards 

 the apex, below obscure dark blue, the anterior legs and the 

 tibiae and tarsi blackish ; male with the penis long and slender, 

 its apex rounded, with a small dent at the middle, the surface 

 with the margins surrounding the cavity, thickened, the latter 

 itself feebly ridged at the middle. 



Dilo, Kapakapa, Ighibirei. 



There are so many similarly coloured specimens of this Bal- 

 tica contained in this collection that I must separate them for 

 the present from many others of normally blue coloration 

 which agree very nearly with H. pagaìia Blackb. from Australia 



