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Black, ovate, moderately convex ; densely clothed with a short greyish 

 pubescence. Head, apex of the elytra — about J the length — legs, abdomen, sides 

 of the prothorax, broadly and its front margin narrowly rnfous ; first abdominal 

 segment pitch-lilack. Upper surface rather finely punctured ; elytra with some 

 scattered large jjunctures, and each with one distinct row of punctures at the base 

 and traces of a second at the outside of the first. Metasternum coarsely 2>unctured ; 

 the middle jiosteriorly feebly depressed, with a fine central line and a triangular 

 smooth si)ace. Abdomen also rather coarsely jjunctured, with the punctures sparser 

 in the middle of the basal segment. Coxal lines not reaching the hind margin of 

 the segment, semicircular. 



Hab. Timor (W. Doherty). 



This small species differs from its nearest ally, Sc. sanwfrensia Gorham (?), 

 especially in size and punctuation. 



'Zi. Scymnus novaeguineae sp. nov. 



Sc. niger, dense pubesceus, parum oblougus. 6 modice convexus ; capite, pro- 

 thoracis margine antico angusto et lateribus, pedibns<iue testaceis, femoribus posticis 

 nigro-piceis ; ? fortiter convexus, ore, prothoracis augulis anticis, tibiis tarsisque 

 testaceis. Prothorax dense modice fortiter punctatus ; basi medio producta,^utrinqne 

 sinuata. El}-tra minute coriacea, punctis iudistinctis, siugulo ad basim seriebus 

 duabus pimcturum grossorum instructo. Metasternum grossissime punctatum, medio 

 leviter impressum ; linea angustissima longitudinali, s])atio mediano parum rotundato 

 laevi. Abdomen ad latera dense, in medio sparsius punctatum. Lineae coxales 

 completae, marginem posteriorem segmenti non attingeutes, parte interiore exteriore 

 decliviore. 



Long. 2| mm., elytr. 2, lat. If. 



Black, somewhat oblong, covered with a greyish pubescence which has a 

 yellowish tint on the last segments of the abdomen ; convex, especially at the base 

 of the elytra. The single specimen, which I suppose is a mule, has the anterior 

 margin of the prothorax exceedingly narrowly and the fore angles broadly rufous, 

 head and legs the same, and hind femora pitchy brown. A second specimen, perhaps 

 A female, is much more convex, and has only the mouth, antennae, tip of the anterior 

 angles of the prothorax, tibiae, and tarsi rufous, and all femora pitchy black. 



Prothorax covered throughout with moderately large punctures ; the base 

 rather strongly produced in front of the scutellum. Elytra devoid oi a distinct punc- 

 tuation, except the usual two basal rows of punctures, and their derm of a finely 

 shagreened appearance. Metasternum coarsely and, at the sides, densely punctured ; 

 the punctures of the middle arranged in some more or less transverse rows ; centre 

 slightly depressed, with a fine median line and a rather large and somewhat 

 rounded smooth space. Abdomen strongly and densely punctured, more sparingly 

 so in the middle. Coxal lines complete, not reaching the posterior margin of the 

 segment, with the exterior part less arched and less declivous than the interior one. 



Hah. Humboldt Bay, New Guinea (W. Doherty, 1892;. 



25. Scymnus gibbosus sp. nov. 



Sc. niger, brevitor ovatus, convexus, griseo-pubescens ; capite, prothoracis 



margine antico et angulis anticis, elytrorum apice, abdomine (basi piceo-nigra 



excepta), pedibusque rulb-testaceis. Prothoracis basis ante scutellum jiroducta, 



truncata. Elytra prothoraci densius punctata, singulo striis duabus punctorum 



