NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 25 
Length 5 lines. 
Head finely rugose, a triangular spot at the vertex and two 
smaller ones at the base of the antennae, black, the latter 
short, not extending further than the base of the elytra, black, 
the three lower joints fulvous below, the third joint double the 
length of the second but shorter than the fourth, the apex of 
the terminal joints, testaceous; thorax more than twice as broad 
as long, the sides produced into a strong angle at the middle 
oblique below the latter, the posterior margin sinuate at the 
sides, surface finely punctured and rugose, testaceous, a large 
spot at each side and three smaller ones, placed triangularly 
at the middle of the disk, black, the latter depressed at the 
sides. Scutellum subquadrate, large, testaceous; elytra wider at 
the base than the thorax, with a short but deep depression 
within the shoulder; below the middle one or two illdefined 
longitudinal costae are seen, rest of the surface very finely 
punctured and wrinkled, thinly covered with greyish pubescence, 
testaceous with a more or less distinct metallic greenish gloss; 
underside, the tibiae and tarsi, piceous, femora testaceous with 
a large black spot; the upper part and the sides of the breast 
as well as the extreme margins of the abdominal ‘segments , 
testaceous ; claws bifid; anterior coxal cavities closed. 
Scioa, Let-Marefia, Giagagué (O. Antinori). 
5. Pachytoma abyssinica, n. sp. 
Obscure fulvous, finely pubescent; antennae, a spot at the 
head, the disc of the thorax and the legs fuscous or piceous ; 
terminal joints of the antennae short. 
Length 41/, lines. 
Head finely rugose, fulvous, a triangular spot at the vertex 
and the lower portion of the face black or piceous; antennae 
short, the third and fourth joints nearly equal and rather elon- 
gate, the following. joints transverse and very short; thorax 
nearly three times as broad as long, the sides angulate at the 
middle, punctured like the head and sparingly covered with 
