88 MR. M. JACOBS ON THE [Feb. 1, 



Parlina fulva, sp. nov. 



Oblong-ovate, fulvous ; apical joints of the antennae, the tibiae, and 

 tarsi piceous ; tliorax impunctate ; elytra closely punctured. 



Var. Entirely fulvous. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles small but distinct, the 

 carina short ; the penultimate joint of the palpi thickened, the apical 

 one short, acutely pointed. Antennfe nearly as long as the body, the 

 second joint short, the follovring joints nearly equal in length, the 

 four basal ones fulvous, the rest more or less piceous. Thorax 

 transverse, three times broader than long, the sides rounded and 

 uarrowly margined, the angles rather blunt, scarcely prominent, the 

 surface \V\i\\ a transverse distinct groove near the base, not extending 

 to the sides, scarcely visibly punctured or entirely impunctate. 

 Scutellum triangular. Elytra without basal depression, closely and 

 finely but distinctly punctured. The posterior tibiae mucronate ; the 

 first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the two following joints 

 together ; claws appendiculate. Prosternum narrow ; the auterior 

 coxal cavities open. 



Parlina was established by Motschulsky for the reception of a 

 species of Ealtiea having the general characters of the genus Lactica, 

 with which it agrees in the open coxal cavities and thoracic groove. 

 The typical form (P. trancisa), which was also obtained by Mr. Lewis, 

 differs from the species described here iu its more general oval 

 shape and more transverse thorax ; it agrees well enough with the 

 description of the author to leave little doubt about the identity of 

 the species. In Parlina the thoracic groove is placed close to the 

 posterior margins and is bounded at the sides by a short, not very 

 distinct perpendicular groove. P. fulva, of which several specimens 

 are before me, differs in the almost entirely fulvous colour, in the 

 much less transverse thorax, and in the narrower prosternum as well 

 as in the more oblong shape. Chapuis seems to have overlooked the 

 present genus, as he makes no njention of it in his ' Genera des 

 Coleopteres.' 



From Lactica the type of Parlina differs in the much more trans- 

 verse thorax and its sinuate groove, the latter not being bounded by 

 a lateral depression. 



Hypnophila violaceipennis, sp. nov. 



Ovate, very convex ; black ; basal joints of the antennae and the 

 posterior tibiae obscure testaceous ; thorax scarcely visibly punctured ; 

 elytra dark violaceous, punctate-striate. 



Length | line. 



Head impunctate; the frontal tubercles obsolete. Antennae with 

 the last five joints transversely dilated, black, the five lower joints 

 testaceous. 1 borax transverse, three times as broad as long, the sides 

 straight, the base with a very short longitudinal groove at each side ; 

 the surface with a few very minute punctures, visible only under a 

 strong lens. Scutellum piceous. Elytra very strongly convex, narrowed 



