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Mauobia pallidicornis sp. nov. 



Black, shining, the antonnae (tlie hist joint except pd) and the tibiae fulvous, 

 thorax imiiunctate, elytra with basal depression, deeply punctate-striate, the 

 interstices costate at the sides. 



Length J line. 



Of subcjuadrate-oblong shape, the head impiinctate, eyes large, with a single 

 small fovea alx)vp their inner margin, frontal elevations small, oblique, antennae 

 extending to the middle of the elytra, pale fulvous, the terminal joint more or 

 less darkened, third and fourth joint equal, slender, the following joints gradually 

 thickened; thorax one half broader than long, the sides straight, the anterior 

 angles oblique, the surface with a very deep trans\erse, slightly sinuate groove, 

 the interior of this groove punctured, rest of the disc impunctate ; elytra with a 

 deep basal depression, strongly punctate-striate, the interstices at the sides 

 lonffitudinallv costatf : tibiae and tarsi more or less fulvous. 



Hah. Andai (New Guinea). 



This is one of the smallest species of the genus, and may be recognised by 

 the entirely fulvous antennae and the more or less similarly coloured tibiae and 

 tarsi. 



Manobia maciilata sp. nov. 



Fulvous, the eighth and ninth joints of the antennae black ; thorax transverse, 

 impunctate, deeply traus\ersely sulcate; elytra deeply punctate-striate anteriorly, 

 the sides (connected with a spot below the middle) and the apex black ; underside 

 sjx)tted with black. 



Length 1 line. 



Head impunctate, with a short oblique groove near the inner margin of the 

 eyes, fi-ontal tubercles obsolete, antennae extending beyond the middle of the 

 elytra, fulvous, the eighth, ninth and part of the tenth joint black, the second 

 and following joints nearly equal in length, terminal ones thickened ; thorax 

 about one half broader than long, the sides nearly straight, widened towards the 

 apex, the anterior angles oblique, the surface convex, impunctate, with a deep 

 tran.sverse, sinuate sulcus near the base extending to the sides; scutellum small; 

 elytra with a deep basal depression, the base itself raised, strongly i>unctate- 

 striate within the depression and at the sides, the jiunctuation nuich finer posteriorly, 

 the sides with a strongly raised co.sta from the shoulder towards the apex, black, 

 connected with a transver.se spot below the middle, the extreme apex also black; 

 underside fulvous, parts of the breast and abdomen and the apex of the posterior 

 femora black. 



HaJ). .Sumbawa. 



In one specimen, the elytra are without the black apex and the underside 

 is more of a uniform piceous colour. .lA macidata differs from any of its allies 

 in the pattern of tlie elytra. 



Acrocrypta apicalis sp. nov. 



Fulvous, antennae (the basal and a[)ical joints excepted) black, head and 

 thorax impunctate, elytra strongly convex, finely and closely punctured, black, 

 the extreme apex fulvous. 



Length 3i lines. 



