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medio produeta, ntriiKino siniiata, jiilosa. Seiitelliiin iiiceo-niu:niin, paulo iiilosnm, 

 apicis medio impressutu. .-iuliliilf)))!!!!!. Elytra ochiacea, breviter liirsuta, abbreviata, 

 fortiter snbniata, postice carinata, pnnctis grossis iustructa ; hnmeris promiimlis 

 fere laevibns. Snbtns brevi piibc grisea tecta, abdominis segmentum secundum 

 postice ciliis longis flavis vestitum. Femora postica parum dense fortiterqne 

 pmictata, clavata. 



Long. lOi mm., clytr. o, lat. 2^. 



Black, somewhat shining. Upper lip transverse, with large punctures ; 

 epistome sparingly })uncturod. Front anteriorly deeply impressed ; behind the 

 impression cariuate, with a strong punctuation and some longitudinal irregular 

 wrinkles between carina and ej'es. Antennae extending to the apex of the elytra, 

 scape a little curved, and punctured at tlie upperside ; fourth and all following 

 joints with a groove near the apex. Prothorax witii five tubercles : one in the 

 middle being more raised beliind the centre of the disc than in front, one on each 

 side of the disc most elevated of all, and one on the vertical part of each side ; 

 between the tubercles are some punctures and hairs. Punctures of the elytra 

 strong, forming rows here and there, the interstices of which are a little elevated, 

 especially one in the middle of the disc ; the apical carina is smooth, the shoulders 

 nearly im])unctato. Hind tibiae slightly curved and denticulate, with one long outer 

 and one short inner spur in the malf, with one long outer spur in the /kmate. 



Anterior coxae yellowish. 



Hob. Timor (W. Uoherty). 



lu general appearauce this species is sirailar to Om/tasia J'>ilrippnnis Fasc, but 

 it is a true Mei-ionoeda in the abnormal strui^tiire of the abdomen, with black head 

 and legs. 



Polyzonus dohertyi sp. nov. 

 (PI. VIII., fig. 4.) 



P. caeruleo-viridis, pubeseens. Caput fortiter ruguloso-punctatum, antennae 

 corpore parum longiores, articulo primo glabro densiter rugoso-punctato, tertio 

 (juarto sesqui longiore, quarto quinto sexto nltimo(|ue inter se aoqualibns, septimo ad 

 decimum brevioribus. Prothorax pube aurea tectus, minute rugulosus, latitudine 

 lougitudini aequali ; lateribus autice subrotundatis, in medio augnlatis, postice 

 attenuatis. Scutellum fere glabrnm, nitidum, apice rotnndato, medio depressione 

 levi instructnm. Elytra elongata, versus apicem paulo attenuata, rugnloso- 

 punctata, l)asi fortiter rugosa, trilius liueis elevatis obsoletis iustructa ; humeris 

 rotnndatis ; singulo apice oblique rotundato ; nigro-pubescentia, duabus fasciis 

 flavo-luteis latis ornata, prima ante, secunda post medium sita. Subtus tine punc- 

 tulatus, argenteo-cinereo-pubescens. 



Corporis partes glabrae nitidae. 



Long 18 mm., elytr. 12i, lat. 3J. 



Head with a transverse and slightly impressed line in front of the antennary 

 tubers, and with a rather deep longitudinal median groove. Palpi pitchy black, 

 mandibles finely punctured, black at the tip. First antennal joint and the base of 

 the third glabrous, the remainder of tlie antennae clotlied with a black j)ubescence. 

 Sides of the prothorax angled, nearly tnbercled, in the middle. Pubescence of the 

 elytra black, except the yellow-buff bands, which are covered with a yellowish 

 pubescence. 



Body beneath finely punctuated ; presternum somewhat corrugated, glabrous and 



