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not so oblique ; the third near the apex, and almost vertical. The 

 posterior two-thirds of the suture is narrowly edged with yellow, 

 and there are, besides, on each elytron, four spots of the same 

 colour — one long and narrow, near the scutellum, the other three 

 in a line extending from the base to the middle of the elytron. 

 The under surface of the body has a more metallic lustre than the 

 upper, and is clothed densely with white pile. The legs are 

 extremely fragile, and of immense length, the posterior thighs 

 being as long as the entire length of the insect, and the tibiae 

 and tarsi not much shorter. 



A number of specimens of this very fine Clcindela were captured 

 on the sea beach at the mouth of the Katow River, near the village 

 of Mohatta, in July last. The name I have given to the species — 

 " Maino " — is that of the chief of the village. 



This insect, with Cicindela tenuipes Dej. Psammodromus Chevr. 

 and araneipes Schaum, constitutes a very distinct group, charac- 

 terized chiefly by the extreme length and slenderness of the legs, 

 and the form of the thorax, which may be described as that of a 

 truncated cone. Cicindela longipws Fabr. and anchorcdis Chevr. 

 may be looked upon as intermediate between this and the C. 

 Ypsilon group. I may here mention that one of the Ypsilon group 

 — Cicindela Bafflesia Chaud. {Montraveli Blancli) — was taken in 

 considerable number near Cape York, on sandy beaches. 



Pheropsophus Papuensis. 



Niger opacus, capite rufo-testaceo inter oculos nigro, thorace 

 elongato subcordiformi antice sparsim punctato, elytris 

 acute costatis macula transversa rufa, antennis palpis 

 pedibusque rufo-testaceis. 



Long., 7 lin. ; lat. elyt., 3 lin. 



Hob. Katow, New Guinea. 



Only one specimen of this insect was found. Besides the differ- 

 ence in colour and marking, the elongate thorax separates it at 

 once from our common Australian species, P. verticalis. It seems 

 to approach nearer to P. Australia, but Count Castlenan makes no 

 mention of the elongate thorax in his description of that species. 



