HAPLOSONYX NIGRIPENNIS. 71 



NOTE IV. 



A NEW SPECIES OF THE PHYTOPHAGOUS 

 GENUS HAPLOSONYX 



DESCRIBED BT 



MARTIN JACOBY. 



Haplosonyx nigripennis , n. sp. 



Fulvous. Thorax and elytra finely punctured , the latter 

 black. — Length 7 lines. 



Head impunctate. Apex of jaws black. Antennae half 

 the length of the body, obscure fuscous above , fulvous 

 below, the apex of the terminal joint black; third joint 

 twice the length of the second ; the fourth longer than the 

 3 preceeding joints together. Thorax transverse, narrow, 

 sides straight at the base, slightly rounded from the middle 

 to the apex , angles acute and thickened , surface with a 

 deep transverse depression at each side and a smaller fovea 

 near the basal margin, very finely and rather remotely 

 punctured. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra deeply transversely 

 depressed before the middle, very finely and irregularly 

 punctured , the punctuation distributed evenly throughout 

 the entire surface, underside and legs fulvous. 



Hab. Sanghir Islands and North Celebes (v. Rosenberg). 



From all other species the present one may be separated 

 by the entirely black elytra. I also possess this species from 

 Celebes. 



London, October 30th, 1883. 



^otes from the Leyden IMuseuin, Vol. "VI. 



