nezc genus and species of Halticince. 593 



A-^ertex smooth, impiinctate, sometimes fixintly strigose ; 

 front impressed on either side, close to the inner margin 

 of the eye, with several large foveate punctures ; en- 

 carpEe narrowly oblong, oblique, separated by the apex 

 of the raised, linear carina ; antennre rather more than 

 half the length of the body, robust, black ; several of the 

 basal joints piceous beneath ; second and third joints 

 short, equal in length. Thorax nearly twice as broad as 

 long ; sides nearly straight, slightly converging from base 

 to apex ; anterior angle broadly and very obliquely trun- 

 cate, produced laterally into an ill-defined tooth ; basal 

 margin with its medial lobe produced, roimded ; upper 

 surface nitidous, remotely and finely but distinctly punc- 

 tured. Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, the sides 

 subparallel, convex, very faintly depressed below the 

 basilar space, very sparingly clothed with griseous hairs ; 

 surface strongly punctate-striate, interspaces very faintly 

 Avrinkled transversely on the inner disk, thickened and 

 subcostate on the lateral maro-in. 



Epitrix cyanella. 



Ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, pedibus piceis ; supra 

 cyanea, antennis basi fulva excepta nigris ; thorace sub- 

 remote tenuiter punctato ; elytris sparse griseo-setosis, 

 regulariter, minus fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 planis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Hah, — Para. 



Vertex smooth, impunctate, front impressed on either 

 side with a single, round fovea ; encarpge very narrow, 

 oblique, not contiguous ; carina narrow, elevated ; an- 

 tennjB more than half the body in length ; four lower 

 joints piceous, the rest black. Thorax nearly twice as 

 broad as long ; sides straight and parallel, the lateral 

 margin, when seen under a strong lens, finely denticulate ; 

 anterior angles obliquely truncate, posterior laterally pro- 

 duced into an obtuse tubercle ; basal margin with its 

 medial lobe distinctly produced, obtusely angulate ; upper 

 surface convex, subremotely and finely punctured, inter- 

 spaces shining, impunctate ; basal groove shallow, sub- 

 flexuose. Scutellum small, seraiovate, piceous. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax ; sides subparallel, apex regularly 

 rounded ; above convex, faintly excavated below the 

 basilar space, regularly but not very strongly punctate- 



