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Oides dohertyi ^p. nov. 



Obscure ttavous, terminal joints of the antennae fuscous, thorax impunctate, 

 elytra very finely and closely j)unotured, the apical third portion more or less stained 

 with violaceous black. 



Length ;U lines. 



Oblong-ovate, widened towards the middle, the head imjjunctate, palpi swollen, 

 antennae extending to two-thirds the length of the elytra, flavous, the terminal joints 

 fuscous, the fourth joint double the length of the third and longer than the fifth ; 

 thorax short and transverse, the sides slightly and evenly rounded, the middle not 

 widened, anterior angles not prominent but distinct, surface with a transverse 

 depres.sion at each side near the anterior margin, entirely impunctate; apex of 

 the scutellum slightly rounded ; elytra very finely and closely punctured, with a 

 violaceous black oblong patch near the apex, not extending to the middle, this spot 

 sometimes much reduced in size and not well defined at the margins ; last abdominal 

 segment of the male entire, with a narrow central groove. 



Hub. Humboldt Bay (New Guinea). 



Closely allied to 0. diriiidiata Blanch., 0. nigroplagiatus Jac, and one or two 

 other species, but differing in the long fourth joint of the antennae, the much 

 shorter elytral apical spot, and its colour. 



Aulacophora apicipennis sp. nov. 



Klavous or fvdvous, the antennae long and robust, elytra black, very finely 

 punctured, the extreme apex flavous. 



<J. The last abdominal segment deeply longitudinally sulcate. 



$ . The antennae shorter and less robust, the last abdominal segment simple. 



Length 2 to 2 J lines. 



(?. Of narrow and nearly parallel shape, the head impunctate, the antennae 

 extending below the middle of the elytra, flavous, the third joint very long, slightly 

 longer than the fourth and as long as the terminal four joints; thorax twice as broad 

 as long, flavous. impunctate, the transverse sulcus deep and straight ; elytra slightly 

 widened posteriorly without basal depression, finely punctured, black, the extreme 

 apex flavous, this colour extending in some specimens a little way upwards along 

 the suttire. 



Hab. Tenimber, June to Jidy. 



This is one of the smallest species of Aulacophora, and may be known from its 

 congeners with black elytra, in having the apex of the latter to a small extent of 

 fulvous colour, and in the long and robust antennae. 



Aulacophora snbcaerulea sp. nov. 



Dilated posteriorly, rufous, the labruin, antennae, the four anterior legs and the 

 posterior tibiae black, thorax finely punctured at the sides, the sulcus interrupted 

 medially, elytra bluish black, scarcely perceptibly punctured. 



^. The apex of the last abdominal segment trilobate, its middle lobe broadly 

 sulcate. 



^. The last abdominal segment slightly emarginate at the middle. 



Length 4i lines. 



Hab. Humboldt Bay (New Guinea). 



