Descriptions of some undescribed species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Abyssinia, 
contained in the Genoa Civic Museum, by MARTIN JACOBY. 
1. Pseudocolaspis albostriata, n. sp. 
Piceous, covered with white pubescence; basal joints of the 
antennae, the anterior margin of the thorax and the elytra 
reddish brown, finely punctured, the latter with longitudinal 
striae of white pubescence. 
Length 3 lines. i 
Head closely covered with whitish scalelike pubescence ; 
anterior margin of the epistome deeply concave-emarginate ; 
labrum dark fulvous; antennae short, not extending to the base 
of the thorax, the five terminal joints transversely dilated, black, 
the others obscure fulvous, thorax cylindrical, slightly longer 
than broad, closely punctured and indistinctly covered with 
whitish scale-like pubescence which forms two longitudinal 
short stripes near the centre of the base; scutellum much broader 
than long, thickly covered with white pubescence; elytra much 
broader than the thorax, greatly narrowed behind, the shoulders 
very prominent, slightly depressed below the base, surface fi- 
nely punctured and transversely reticulate, dark brown, the 
disc with closely arranged rows of thick white pubescence , 
extending to the apex of each elytron; pygidium prominent; 
underside and legs piceous, thickly clothed with white pube- 
scence, the posterior femora extending to the end of the elytray 
tibiae and tarsi obscure dark fulvous; the claw joint very long 
and bifid. 
Assab, December (Frasca). 
