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puiictnatiou of the elytra beiiiir qnite as strong and close as tliat of the jirotliorax, it 

 may be considered a distinct sjiecies. 



Hab. Hnmboldt Bay, New Guinea (W. Doherty). 



6. Scymnus dohertyi sji. uov. 

 (PI. VIII., figs. 12, 15, and 18.) 

 Sc. convexns, breviter ovatns, cinereo-pubescens, testacens ; elytris nigris, apice 

 et fasciis dnabus trausversis, lateraliter abbreviafis, in sutura interniptis, testaceis. 

 Supra dense et minute, infra grosse (metastcrni medio minute) puuctatus. Lineae 

 coxales intus arcuatae, marginem segmenti posticnra attingentes, extus margini 

 posteriori parallelae abbreviatae. 

 Elytrornm color variat : 



{(I) Elytris nigris, apice et fasciis dnabus transversis lateraliter abbreviatis, 



in sutura interrnptis testaceis (form. typ.). 

 (A) Elytris nigris, singulo maculis dnabus rufis, apice testaceo. 

 (c) Elytris testaceis, basi et fascia ante-apicali nigris ; 'in medio fascia 



rnfo-picea, ad snturani interrnpta, indistincta aut obsoleta notatis. 

 {(l) Elytris nigris, fasciis dnabus extus arcuatim coiinectis apiceipie 

 testaceis. 

 Long. IJ mm., elytr. 1§, lat. \\. 



Rather strongly convex, short ovate, clothed with a short gre}-ish pubescence. 

 Testaceous, base of the abdomen somewhat pitchy ; densely and finely punctured 

 above ; body beneath rather coarsely jiunctnated, except the middle of the meta- 

 sterniun, where the punctures are fine. Coxal lines reaching the posterior margin of 

 the segment ; their interior part evenly curved, the exterior portion parallel to the 

 hind margin and abbreviated. The colour of the elytra varying as described above. 

 Hnb. Tenimber Is. (W. Doherty). 



T. Scymnus flexuosus sji. nov. 

 (PI. VIII., fig. 19.) 



Sc. ater, ovatns, subconvexus, dense pnbescens ; capite, prothorace, elytrornm 

 apice, abdomine pedibusque testaceis. Prothoras postice uon latior quam autice ; 

 lateribus parum rotundatis ; angulis anticis prodnctis fere acutis, posticis rotun- 

 datis ; basi utrinque siunata, versus scutelhim dilatato-rotandata ; dense punctatus. 

 Elytra prothoraci fortius punctata ; singulum autice seriebus dnabus pnnctorum 

 grossornm iustructum. Metasternuin lateribn.s dense et grosse, medio minus dense 

 sed n)ulto grossius et paruni seriatim punctatura ; spatio parvo modiano laevi. 

 Abdominis segmentum primnm caeteris grossius, sed minus dense pnnctatum. 

 Lineae coxales marginem posteriorem segmenti attingentes, parte iuteriore le\'iter 

 arcuata, parte mediana margini parallela, parte exteriore declivi, flexno-sa, 

 abbreviata. 



Long. 21 mm., elytr. 1-J, lat. If. 



Black, ovate, densely covered with a greyish pubescence. Head, prothorax, 

 apex of the elytra, abdomen, and legs testaceous, with a slight tint of pitch-colour. 

 Tlie prothorax is rather finely ])unctnred, and has the sides a little rounded an<I not 

 dilated towards the base ; the anterior angles are ])rominent and somewhat acute, 

 the posterior oues rounded; the base sinuate at each side, and produced and lonncU'd 

 in front of the scntellnm. Elytra more strongly punctuated, each witli iwo rows of 



