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without any tesal depipssion, impressed with numerous somewhat regular rows 

 of fine but distinct puuctm-es, which get somewhat finer and more irregular 

 towards the apex; elytral epiplem-ae distinct to the ajiex, breast bluish, abdomen 

 black, finely trimsversely wrinkled, legs fulvous, the femora with a more or less 

 distinct bluish patch, tibiae unarmed, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long 

 as the following two joints together, claws appendiculate, prostemum distinct 

 between the coxae, longitudinally grooved, the anterior coxal cavities closed. 



Hah. Temate and ilalmaheira. 



The shape of the present species is more elongate tlian ovately rounded, as 

 in the type; the thoracic grooves although very small are nevertheless ]>resent, 

 and the distinct prostemum is another character not frequently met with in the 

 Galerueiiiae. 



Solenia dilaticollis >['. nov. 



Ovate, fulvous, thorax widened in front, impuuctate, elytra metallic blue, 

 finely and rather closely and regularly punctate-striate ; underside more or less 

 piceous. 



Length H to 2 lines. 



Of slightly medially widened shape, head inii)unctate, frontal tubercles 

 trigonate, strongly raised, antennae entirely fulvous, third joint one half smaller 

 than the fourth, terminal joints wanting; thorax rather more than twice as 

 broad as long, the sides very strongly rounded from the middle towards the 

 apex, narrowed at the base, the surface transversely convex, entirely imjmnetate, 

 the base with a very short perpendicular notch at each side ; seutellum fulvous, 

 its apex obtusely rounded ; elytra with prominent subtubercular shoulders, tlie 

 aj)ex conjointly rounded, the punctures fine and rather regularly placed in rows, 

 their eijipleurae very broad, concave ; last abdominal segment of the 7nale 

 slightly sinuate at its anterior margin, the sides with a small incision ; sides 

 of the breast and abdomen [jiceous. 



Ifab. Humboldt Bay (New Guinea). 



The rounded and anteriorly widened sides of the thorax in connection with 

 the impunctate surface of the latter and the fulvous antennae separates tliis 

 species from any other, notably S. celehenais Jac, which it resembles in coloration ; 

 in one specimen the antennae have the third and fourth joints equal, the last 

 extends to the middle of the elytra ; this specimen is probably a female. 



Solenia terminata >[>■ nov. 



Ovate, widened at the niidille, fulvous, the breast piceous, thorax transverse, 

 very minutely jjunctured, elytra closely and finely punctured, metiillic dark blue, 

 the apex fulvous. 



Length IJ line. 



Head impunctate, frontal tubercles transverse, strongly raised, clypeus triangular, 

 impunctate, palpi strongly incrassate, antennae nearly extending to the end of 

 the' elytra, entirely fulvous, all the joints from the third, of nearly equal length ; 

 thorax nearly three times broader than long, the anterior margin deeply concave, 

 accomjjanied by a narrow but deep groove, the anterior angles oblique, the sides 

 strongly rounded, the surface very minutely but not very closely jmnctured, with 

 a short perpendicular notch at each side of the basal margin, the sides also 



