NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 73 



Manoljia , n. gen. 



Body ovate-SLibquadrcatG , convex; palpi and antennae filiform, 

 the latter slightly thickened at the terminal joints; thorax squa- 

 reshaped , transversely grooved at the base ; scutellum broadly 

 ovate its apex rounded ; elytra deeply depressed below the base, 

 the latter strongly raised ; surface striate-punctate ; posterior fe- 

 mora strongly incrassate ; tibiae simple the anterior ones unar- 

 med, the posterior with a small spine; their first tarsal joint as 

 long as the 2 following ones together; claws appendiculate; 

 presternum narrow but distinct; anterior coxal cavities open. 



In the square and convex shape , the insect for which T esta- 

 blish ih jiresent genus, resembles Neopraea from which it is 

 at once distinguished by the open cavities and other characters 

 pointed out above. The same shape, especially that of the thorax 

 separates the genus from Diphaulaca and Lactica from which it 

 may be further separated by the oblique and thickened anterior 

 angles of the thorax and the sinuate groove of the latter; the 

 strongly raised basal portion of the elytra distinguishes the ge- 

 nus fi'om Lactica specially. 



70. i\Xa,iiol>iii iiig"i'ipeiiiiis 5 n. sp. 



Black, shining; three or four basal joints of the antennae and 

 the extreme apex of the femora, fulvous; thorax impunctate ; 

 elytra finely punctate-striate , deeply depressed below the base. 



Length 1 Y^ line. 



Head longer than broad, impunctate; above the inner margin 

 of the eyes a small but deep fovea is placed; frontal tubercles 

 very small and indistinct; clypeus broadly triangular; rather 

 fiat, with a distinct central ridge, black or piceous like the 

 head; antennae extending to half the length of the body, the 

 3 or four lower joints as well as the apex of the terminal one , 

 fulvous, the rest black; 3.*^ and 4."' joints of equal length, the 

 rest gradually widened; thorax squareshaped , scarcely broader 



