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HALTICID^ 



HALTIGA ALLUAUDI n. sp. 



Below obscure violaceoas blaok, above violaceous or cupreous, 

 antennse blackish, thorax minately granulate and punctured, the 

 basai sulcus distinct at the sides only, elytra sculptured like the 

 thorax, the punctures only visible under a strong lens. 



Length 5 mill. 



Head impunctate, minutely granulate, the frontal élévations nearly 

 absent, the clypeus broad between the antennse, obscure cupreous, 

 opaque, antennse black, the lower three joints slightly stained with 

 fulvous, the third and fourth joint equal, the following joints of 

 nearly similar length ; thorax about one half broader than long, 

 the sides feebly rounded anteriorly, the anterior angles thickened, 

 blunt, not produced, the dise scarcely perceptibly punctured, the 

 punctures slightly more distinct at the base, the sulcus nearly obso- 

 lète at the middle, distinct at the sides only, scutellum broad, viola- 

 ceous, elytra with extremely fine punctures placed rather distantly 

 and partly in rows; below purplish or dark seneous. 



I received two spécimens of this species from M. Sikora; the 

 almost obsolète punctuation of the thorax and elytra, the obsolète 

 thoracic sulcus, distinct at the sides only in connection with the 

 obscure cupreous colour will help to distinguish this species; the 

 spécimens before me seem unfortunately to represent the female 

 sex only in which the last abdominal segment is simple and nearly 

 truncate. 



HALTIGA NITIDIGOLLIS n. sp. 



Metallic green, antennae black, thorax impunctate, cupreous, the 

 basai sulcus well marked, elytra extremely minutely and rather 

 closely subgeminately punctured, the interstices extremely finely 

 granulate and obsoletely sulcate. 



Length 4 1/2 mill. 



Head impunctate, the frontal élévations elongate or pyriform, the 

 carina strongly raised, labrum black, antennae extending to the 

 middle of the elytra, black, the lower three or four joints metallic 

 seneous, the rest pubescent, the third joint shorter than the fourth, 

 thorax nearly twice as broad as long, the latéral margins rounded 

 at the middle, straight at the base, the surface very convex, 

 cupreous, the basai sulcus deep, straight and not quite extending to 

 the margins, the entire surface impunctate, scutellum eeneous. 



