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large, slightly emarginate within ; anteniife extending below the 

 miilclle of the elytra, black, the basal joint flavous, second joint less 

 than half the length of the third, the latter slightly shorter than 

 the fouith joint, terminal joints shorter than the intermediate 

 cues; thorax about one-half broader than long, rather flattened, the 

 sides very feebly rounded and very slightly narrowed anteriorly, 

 the anterior angles obsoletely oblique and slightly thickened, the 

 basal sulcus moderately deep in the male, more shallow in the 

 female ; elytra microscopically punctured ; below and the legs 

 testaceous, the apex of the tibi^ and the tarsi black. 



Hah. Balthazar (windward side), Grenada, W. Indies {^11. H. 

 /Smith). 



I identified this species foi-merly with L. tibialis Oliv., but the 

 three specimens before me, after a closer examination, must 

 represent another species : they are of a very pale testaceous colour, 

 without punctuation of the head and thoi'ax, and all have only 

 the apex of the tibiae and the tarsi black, differing in that respect 

 from any of its allies. The specimen that I look upon as the male 

 is much smaller, the thoracic sulcus is deeper, and the anterior 

 tarsi have their first joint dilated. 



Lactica weisei, sp. n. 



Ovate, pale fulvous, the antennae (the basal joint excepted) 

 black, long and slender; thorax transverse, with deep basal sulcus, 

 impunctate ; elytra not perceptibly punctured ; below and the legs 

 fulvoixs. 



Length 4 millim. 



Head with a transverse groove at the vertex and some deep 

 punctures near the eyes, the latter large, deeply emarginate, the 

 intermediate space with a very deep fovea, frontal elevations 

 absent ; clypeus broad, ill-defined, and scarcely raised ; antennse 

 nearly extending to the apex of the elytra, black, the lower three 

 joints fulvous, the third joint slightly longer than the second, 

 the following joints very elongate ; thorax twice as broad as long, 

 the sides feebly rounded, with a distict narrow margin, anterior 

 angles obliquely thickened, the basal sulcus very deep and 

 stra'ght, the surface entirely impunctate ; elytra ovate, im- 

 punctate ; underside and legs fulvous ; the last abdominal 

 segment triangularly emarginate. ( $ ?) 



Hah. Pernambuco. 



The structure of the head and the unicolorous legs well distin- 

 guish this species. 



Lactica strigatipes, sp. n. 



Flavous, the antennae (the basal joint excepted), the apex of 

 the femora above, and the tibiae and tarsi black ; thoracic sulcus 

 deep ; thorax and elytra impunctate. 



Length 3^ millim. 



Of very convex shape, subcylindrical ; the head impunctate, 

 with a rather deep impression above the eyes, the latter elongate, 



