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Phyllocharoides abdominalis sj). nov. 



Metallic dai-k blue, antennae black, tarsi piceous, alxlonieu fulvou?, tlioiax, 

 spaiiugly and finely punctured, elytra regularly punctate-striate. 



l.ength If to 2 lines. 



Head inipunctate, metallic blue, frontal elevations absent, clypeus verv broadly 

 subtriangular, labrum jiiceous, its anterior edge fulvous, terminal joint of palfii 

 elongate, subovate, antennae not extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the 

 basal joints bluish, third and the following joint equal, terminal joints slightly 

 widened, last joint longer than broad ; thorax rather more than twice as broad a> 

 long, tiie sides nearly straight, the anterior margin concave, posterior margin 

 slightly produced at the middle, the surface unevenly and finely punctured, a little 

 more closely so at the sides, the middle of the disc nearh' impunctate ; seutellum 

 slightly longer than broad, its apex rounded ; el\'tra scarcely wider at the base than 

 the thorax, metallic blue or riolaceous, the sides slightly depressed below the shoulders, 

 the surface regularly and distinctly punctate-striate, the apex nearly impunctate; 

 underside and legs metallic blue, abdomen fulvous. 



Hah. Humboldt Bay (Xew Guinea), September — October. 



HALTICINAE. 



Lactica sumbawaensis sp. nov. 



Ovate, convex, rufous, the terminal joints of the antennae black, head and 

 thorax impunctate, thoracic sulcus obsolete, elytra metallic blue, finely punctured. 



Length \l to 2 lines. 



Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles rather feebly raised, broail, carina absent, 

 clypeus convex, antennae scarcely extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the 

 lower four joints fulvous, the second joint thickened, but slightly shorter than the 

 following two joints, all the joints rather robust, thorax at least twice as broad as 

 long, the sides rather rounded, the anterior angles oblique, the posterior margin 

 broadly but slightly produced at the middle, the surface convex, impunctate, or with 

 some e.xtremely tine punctures visible only under a strong lens, the base with a 

 verv shallow transverse sulcus, bounded laterally by a more distinct perpendicular 

 impression, seutellum nearly black ; elytra convex, without basal impression, slightly 

 widened towards the middle, the surface metallic blue, rather closely and finely 

 punctured with some irregidar rows of larger punctures intermixed ; underside and 

 legs rufous, the prostemum elongate, with a central raised ridge, the first joint of the 

 jwsterior tarsi as long as the following three joints together. 



Hah. Sumbawa. 



Lactica bipunctata sp. nov. 



Fulvous, the apex of the tibiae fuscous, thorax impunctate, the basal sulcus very 

 shallow, elytra very finely and closelj' punctured, a round spot near the apex of each 

 elvtron, black. 



Length IJ line. 



Head impunctate, frontal elevations strongly raised, trigonate, carina rather 

 obsolete, antennae robust, extending beyond the middle of the elytra, flavous, the 

 third and fourth joints equal, the following gradually elongate, pubescent; thorax 

 twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, the anterior angles oblique, the surface 

 impunctate, with an obsolete transverse sulcus not quite e.xtending to the lateral 

 margin ; seutellum broad, elytra with the shoulders rather in-oduced, finely and 



