108 STALAGMOSOMA BALIOLA. 



Stalagmosoma h ali ol a , n. sp. 



Black , shining. Head coarsely and very closely punc- 

 tured , clypeus rounded at the sides and narrowed towards 

 the apex , the lateral margins elevated , the apical margin 

 more strongly elevated and very slightly emarginate in 

 the centre ; antennae pitchy , the apex and the palpi red. 

 Thorax broadest at the base, the sides slightly rounded 

 to the middle , thence obliquely narrowed to the apex , 

 the base broadly and shallowly emarginate before the scu- 

 tellum and slightly sinuous on each side , the basal angles 

 rounded, coarsely punctured, the punctures very close at 

 the sides but finer and more remote in the centre, the 

 median line almost impunctate , a slight impression on each 

 side of the disc near the base, the lateral margins nar- 

 rowly bordered with white. Scutellum short, broad at the 

 base , the apex obtusely pointed , with sparsely scattered 

 punctures and a slight impression near the apex. Elytra 

 with rows of very coarse confluent semicircular punctu- 

 res, the sides and apex coarsely strigose, the outer costa 

 behind the middle and the suture strongly elevated ; black 

 or pitchy black with eight to twelve small white spots, 

 one , situate close to the apical sutural angle , largest. Py- 

 gidium coarsely strigose , a white spot on each side. Be- 

 neath sparsely pubescent , coarsely strigose at the sides , 

 mesosternal process dilated and rounded at the apex, ab- 

 domen deeply impressed in the centre and generally with 

 one or two white spots on each side, anterior tibiae with 

 a strong lateral tooth near the apex. In the female the 

 punctuation is a little stronger, the margins of the cly- 

 peus less elevated , the anterior tibiae have two lateral 

 teeth , the apical spurs of the posterior tibiae are dilated 

 and the abdomen is not impressed. — Length 11 — 13 mm. 



Abyssinia. 



This species appears to be most nearly allied to 5. luctuosa 

 Lansb. , but the white markings on the upper side are 

 more like S. alhella Pall. One of the specimens in my 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , Vol. X. 



