C 322 ) 



Candezea nigripennis >i>. uov. 



Flavous or fulvous, head and tlioiax iini>unctate, elytra black, shining, finely 

 and closely jumctured, breast more or less black. 



J.,engtli 2 lines. 



Of posteriorly widened shape, the head impunctate, frontal tubercles distinct, 

 clypeus rather broad and flat, eyes large, antennae extending beyond the middle of 

 the elytra, fulvous, the first joint long and slender, the second one half shorter than 

 the third, fourth joint one half longer than the tliinl. puliocent like the following 

 joints ; thorax alwut one half broader than long, the sides slightly rounded, the disc 

 with H slight transverse depression at the sides, impunctate, flavous ; scutelluin l)lack; 

 elytra convex, widened posteriorly, closely punctured, black, shining, their eiiipleurae 

 continued below the middle ; underside and legs flavous, breast black. 



Hah. Humboldt Kay (New (iuiuea). 



Candezea terminata ^p. nov. 



Fulvous, the base of the head, the antennae and the posterior tarsi black, thorax 

 with an obsolete depression, finely punctured, elytra closely and semi-regularly 

 punctm-ed, fulvous, the apical half or third portion black. 



Var. Head entirely fulvous. 



Length li to 2 lines. 



Head impunctate, frontal tubercles strongly raised, clypeu.- broad, impunctate 

 eyes large, antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the second and 

 third joints short, the latter slightly longer than the second one, following joints 

 pubescent, elongate; thorax one half broader than long, the sides straight, the 

 posterior margin rounded, the angles obtuse, the surfiice with a transverse depression, 

 not extending to the sides, finely and sparingly i>uuctured ; elytra wider at the ba?e 

 than the thorax, elongate, rather convex, more distinctly punctured than the thorax, 

 the punctures arranged in rows, the interstices more finely and \ery closely punctured, 

 the posterior half or third of their length black ; underside and legs tla\ous or 

 fulvous, the apex of the posterior tibiae and tiie tarsi more or less black. 



Hah. Humboldt Bay (New Guinea). 



Closely allied to C. apicalis .Tac. from Bunnah, luit the thorax with a transverse 

 depression, and the entire apex to a greater or smaller extent black. 



Candezea hirsuta -p. no\. 



Obscure testaceous or fulvous, finely pubescent, thorax rugosely punctured, the 

 .sides and two si)0ts at the middle piceous, elytra puliescent with irregular longitudinal 

 markings, not extending to the apex. 



Length 2^ lines. 



Head finely punctured, the frontal elevations distinct, antennae extending 

 beyond the middle of the elytra, testaceous, the third joint twice as long as the 

 second, the fourth as long as the preceding two joints together; thorax one half 

 broader than long, the sides straight, the posterior margin slightly rounded, the 

 surface closely ragose-punctate, somewhat imeven, the sides narrowly, and two spots 

 near the middle of the disc jiiceous ; elytra convex, nearly parallel, closely pubescent 

 and very finely punctured, with .-^ome very obscure longitudinal stripes or .-pots of 



