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NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTEKA 



FROM THE INDU- AND AUSTKO-MALAYAN JiEGlON, 



COLLECTED HV WILLIAM DOHKliTY. 



By dr. K. JORDAN. 



IN the following ijajier 1 give ii first account of the new species of ' 'ivluddiilac, 

 Carabidae, Hi/drofihilidae, auJ Longiconiia, collected by Mr. W. Dolierty ill 

 different islands of the Oriental region. The new Cleridae of that collection 

 have already been described and jjiiblishcd by A. Kuwert in .!««. Sot:. Knt. Behj., 

 l8'JH, J). 407 tf.; and the Stapli;/imidae, Ijumellicoinia, Lampi/rini, Cun-ulionidae and 

 Chrijiiomelidae will soon be dealt with by several specialists. I Iiope to be able to 

 give in future full lists of the coleoptera obtained by Mr. W. Dolierty in every 

 island he visited, as far as the results of his explorations are contained in this 

 Museum. 



Most of the species described below are from Timor. The collection from this 

 island, though not consisting of a great number of species, proves to be of great 

 interest as regards the geographical distribution of the coleoptera in the Oriental 

 region, and indicates a rather close relationship of Timor to New (ininea and the 

 northern parts of Australia. I here mention that 5Ir. ^V. Dolierty discovered in 

 Timor two remarkable Australian genera, Ariddcun muX Sijllttus, both of wliich are 

 represented in the collection by one new species, and also found Puij>uricenus 

 quadiinotatus White, Tillomorpka nioestula. White, and some other forms liitherto 

 known only from Australia or New Guinea. 



Cicindela timoi'iensis sp. nov. 



C. infra obscure viridis, parum eyanesceiis : labro, maiulibuhirum basi, palpis 

 labialibus (articulis ullimis obseurioribus exceptis), piilparuin maxillarium liasi 

 pallidis. Labrnm transversum, in medio panlo prodnctum, trideiitatum. Ca])ut rugu- 

 losum, juxta oculos irregnlariter striatum ; antennae articulo teitio (piarti) Imigiore, 

 quarto (juinto fere aequali ; protliorax rngosus, iatitndine longior, maxima latitudine 

 ante medium, autice el postice modico constrictus; elytra nigro-aeuea, versus apicem 

 minute dilatata, humeris fortiter rotundata, angulo suturali brcviter dentata, mar- 

 gine apicali minute serrata, punctata, nonnullis punctis viridibus magnis ad basim 

 et juxta suturam fortiter imjiressis iiistnict;i, singnlo elytro tribus signaturis albis 

 iiotato : macula humerali jnuietiformi, fascia mediaiia transversa ad c.xtremum mar- 

 ginem externnm dilatata primo uscjue ad medium disci obliqua, dein sat abrupte 

 versus posticum tlexa, apice recurvata hamata, macula apicali liinata extus oblique 

 versus discum e.xtensa, margine externo angusto inter fasciam et apicalem huuilam 

 jiro maxima ]iarte albo. Infra pube albo-cincrea sparsim vestihi, femorilnis viridi- 

 aeiieis, tibiis (apicibiis excejitis) jiiceo-bruiineis purpurasceutibus, tarsis viridibus 

 aut violaceo-aeneis. 



Long. lU mm., elytr. 6, lat. 3. 



Median joints of the antennae sometimes pitchy brown; fourtli joint alioiit J 

 shorter than the tliird. Of the markings of the elvtru the median transverse fascia is 



