652 MU. M. JACOBY ON THE [May 18, 



strongly and closely punctured ; the sulcus deep ; elytra strongly 

 punctate-striate, the interstices convex and clothed with yellowish 

 pubescence. 



Length | line. 



Head smooth and impunctate, black, shining, with the usual 

 oblique narrow grooves ; antennas extending shghtly beyond the 

 middle of the elytra, flavous, the terminal joints slightly 

 thickened, the third and fourth joints equal ; thorax with the sides 

 straight, slightly narrowed anteriorly, the anterior angles oblique, 

 the basal maz-gin produced in front of the scutellum ; the basal 

 sulcus straight and deep, the disc closely and strongly punctured, 

 the base behind the sulcus rather more strongly so ; elytral 

 punctures strong and closely placed, the interstices costate and 

 pubescent ; underside and posterior femora black, the other legs 

 and the posterior tibi?e and tarsi fulvous. 



Hah. Madagascar, Diego-Suarez {Ch. Alluuud). 



This is the first species of Epitrix known from Madagascar, 

 and the second African one : it is closely allied to most of its 

 European congeners and to E. lo'vifrons, Weise, from Ashantee ; 

 it differs from the last in the black, not dark rufous head, and in 

 the convex elytral interstices, as well as in the rather long 

 yellowish pubescence of the latter. Weise mentions no pubes- 

 cence in his species. 



EPia?EIX IlfTEGEICOLLIS, n. sp. 



Black ; the antennse, tibiae, and tarsi flavous ; thorax closely 

 and strongly punctured, the base with a perpendicular groove ; 

 elytra finely punctate-striate, the interstices longitudinally pubes- 

 cent. 



Length g line. 



Head impunctate, with the exception of a few punctures near 

 the eyes, the oblique grooves distinct ; carina rather broad ; 

 antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, fiavous, the 

 extreme apex of the last joint piceous, third and fourth joints 

 very small, smaller than the second, terminal joints thickened ; 

 thorax transverse, the sides slightly rounded, forming an oblique 

 angle near the apex, with the setiferous pore below the angle ; 

 the surface closely and finely punctured, without transverse sulcus, 

 but with a short and rather obsolete perpendicular groove at each 

 side of the basal margin, the latter but slightly produced and 

 rounded in front of the scutellum ; elytra with closely approached 

 rows of moderately strong punctures, the interstices scarcely 

 raised and impunctate, with rows of short, white pubescence ; 

 below black, sparingly pubescent and punctured ; femora more or 

 less stained with black, the posterior ones entirely of that colour ; 

 tibiae and tarsi flavous. 



Hab. Mashonaland {G. Marshall). British Museum Collection 

 and my own. 



From most or all species of the genus the present one is 

 distinguished by the m ant of a thoracic transverse sulcation, only 



