( 317 ) 
Xr. Gontrihtttions to the hiowledge of African Phy- 
tophagous Coleoptera. Part II. By Martin 
Jacoby, F.E.S. 
[Read Feb. 6th, 1895 (continued from page 179).] 
HALTICIN^. 
Lactica (?) jpimctato-sulcata, sp. n. 
Black, above testaceous as well as the basal joints of the antennre 
and the legs ; thorax pale fulvous, closely and strongly punctured, 
transversely sulcate ; elytra testaceous, strongly punctured in sub- 
geminate rows, the interstices longitudinally costate. Length, 
2-2 i lines. 
Head broad, impunctate at the vertex, obscurely fulvous, the 
frontal elevations oblong, strongly raised, the carina blunt and 
short, apical joint of palpi slender, pointed, piceous ; antennse not 
extending to the middle of the elytra, much shorter in the female, 
the lower three or four joints fulvous, the rest black, the third 
joint slightly longer than the fourth, nearly all the joints widened 
at the apex in the male ; in the female the joints are much shorter, 
the second, third, and fourth arc equal and short, and the basal 
joint is fulvous only ; thorax nearly twice as broad as long, rather 
convex, the sides rounded at the middle, narrowly margined, the 
anterior angles oblique, produced outwards into a blunt tooth, the 
surface closely and deeply punctured, pale or darker fulvous, the 
base with a deep transverse, slightly siniiate sulcus which ends at 
some distance from the lateral margin ; scutellum piceous ; elytra 
paler than the thorax, closely and deeply punctured in double rows, 
each row being divided by a longitudinal costa, the interstices also 
closely and finely punctate ; underside black, legs fulvous or testa- 
ceous, the tibiae widened at the apex and sulcate, all armed with a 
spur, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the following 
three joints together, claws appendiculate, the anterior coxal 
cavities open ; the male with the last abdominal segment incised at 
each side, the median lobe broad. 
Hah. South Africa,, Eondeburg. 
I have only provisionally placed this insect in Lactica 
until similarly structured species may be found ; it has 
only the transverse thoracic groove and the open coxal 
TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1895. PART III. (SEPT.) 21 
