244 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



thorax, narrowly ovate, not dilated posteriorly, mode- 

 rately convex, very finely punctured ; shining black, each 

 elytron with three yellowish-white facile, the first subbasal, 

 its hinder border obliquely curving outwards and down- 

 wards from the suture towards the outer margin, the second 

 placed across the middle, gradually narrowed towards the 

 suture, and the third (the sides of which are nearly 

 parallel), rather more than halfway between the middle 

 and the apex. 



Lactica Jacohyi. 



Anguste ovata, convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida, antennis 

 (basi excepta), scutello abdomineque nigris, pedibus fla^^s, 

 piceo tinctis, pectore piceo; elytris tenuiter subcrebre 

 punctatis, minute granulosis, viridi metallicis, limbo in- 

 flexo nigro. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hob. — Chanchamayo. 



Face trigonate ; vertex and front subopaque, excavated 

 on the sides; encarp^ obsolete; carina raised, ill defined; 

 antennae nearly equal to the body in length, the four 

 lower joints obscure rufo-fulvous ; the 2nd joint two- 

 thirds the length of the 3rd; labrum black; apical joint 

 of maxillary palpus very acute ; eyes large, subelongate, 

 sinuate within. Thorax nearly three times as broad as 

 long at the base ; sides straight, obliquely converging 

 from the base to the apex, the anterior angles obliquely 

 truncate, the hinder ones produced, obtuse ; disk shining, 

 closely covered with very minute strife, only visible under 

 a very deep lens; basal groove deeply impressed, its 

 anterior margin sinuate. Scutellum large, not longer 

 than broad, trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 ovate, convex, finely granulose, impressed, but not closely, 

 with fine punctures. Legs pale yellow, the whole of the 

 four anterior thighs, the ajDcx of the hinder one, the 

 apices of the tibia, together with the tarsi, pale piceous. 



Lactica clyj)eata. 



Elongato-ovata, convexa, fiilva, nitida, subtus griseo- 

 pubescens; oculis, antennis, femoribus apice, tibiis tar- 

 sisque nigris ; thorace transverse, la^vi, sulco basali pro- 



