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mavkings of the thorax and elytra; the punctuation of the head 

 is somewhat variable, in some specimens almost absent, but the 

 impunctate thorax, rather large eyes, convex interstices of the 

 elytra etc. will help to distinguish the species. 



Halticidae. 



Phygasia basalis sp. n. 



Pale testaceoiis, the antennae (the basal and apioal Joint 

 exce|)ted) fuscoiis, Ihorax impunctate, wilh deej) basal sulcation, 

 elytra very niinutely and closel}- punetured with a rufous basal 

 patch surrounding the scutellum. 



Length 5 mill. 



Head impunctate, the frontal elevations strongly raised, 

 trigonate, carina broad and flat, palpi strongly incrassate, an- 

 tennae extending just below the base of the elytra, fuscous, the 

 basal three joints flavous, the last one fulvous, third Joint slightly 

 longer than the fourtli; tliorax transverse, the sides strongly 

 rounded at the middle, with a rather broad reflexed margin, the 

 anterior angles obliquely truncate and thickened, the surface im- 

 punctate, with a broad transverse basal sulcus of usual shape, 

 pof-terior angles dentiform; elytra wider at the base than the 

 thorax, very finely and closely punclured, pale flavous, with 

 a sutural rufous patch (more or less distinct) which extends 

 nearly to the middle of their length but laterally not as far as 

 the Shoulders; below and the legs pale flavous. 



Separated by the pale colour and the elytral rufous mark 

 from any other species of the genus. 



Sebaethe pallidicornis sp. n. 



Pale testaceous, antennae long and siender, head and thorax 

 impunctate, elytra microscopically punetured. 



Length 4 mill. 



Smaller and narrower than S. iorrida Baly and of a very 

 pale testaceous colour, the head impunctate, the frontal elevations 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 



