( .^01 ) 



ad margiuem externum descendente, margiue siiturali, jilaga'pie irroi;ulari miisriia 

 iipicali laete viridi-aureis, splendidis, ])assini caernlesceutibus. 



Infra viridi-caeruleo-sericans, metasternum postice utrirKjne macula rufo-ferrn- 

 gineo-sericante notatnm ; tiliiae apice pul)e Intoo-ochracea vestitae. 



Long. 28 mm., elytr. 20, lat. '■>. 



The pubescence has a highly peculiar metallic gloss, which will at once 

 difl'erentiate this species from the other forms of '' Tmesisternidcs." Thi; species 

 comes near T. yorkensis (Fairm.) in size and shape. 



Hab. Hnmboldt Bay (New Guinea) (W. Doherty). 



Coruuscoparia gen. no v. 

 A genere Sarofhrocera AV'hite dill'iut : Oculis lobo iuferiorc valdo elongato, 

 latitudine fere duplo lougiore ; antennis {6) corpora plus duplo longioribus, infra 

 dense, sed minus longe ([uani in Sarothrocera ciliatis, protliorace antice ct postice 

 transverse sat profunde sulcato, elytris singulis apice oblii(ue truucatis, tibiis apice 

 baud compresso-dilatatis. 



■-':'>. Cornuscoparia ochracea sp. nov. 



S. C nigra, dense ochraceo-pubesceus, antennis articulis a" — ll"totis, et 3" et 

 4" apice nigro-pubescentibus, elytris fascia lougitndinali obliqua humerali et dnabus 

 fasciis transversis anguliformilms, nna antemediana, secunda mediana {'C>)' 

 denndatis signatis. 



Caput longitrorsum canaliculatum ; fronte rectangulari ; tuberibus antenniferis 

 approximatis, apice denndato remote pimctatis. Anteunarum scapns conicus, versus 

 apicem sat fortiter incrassatus. Prothorax longitudiue ])arum latior, rectangularis, 

 antice et jiostice fortiter sulcato-constrictus, deute laterali conico valido armatus, 

 disco ntrinque et pone deutem lateralem jKuicis punctis nigris notatus. Scntellum 

 latitudine multo longius, apice rotnndatum. Elytra grosse punctata, punctis tomento 

 obtectis, fascia denndata humerali grossissime ])unctata, latitudine plus dujilo 

 longiora, ad tertiam partem ajiicalem subparallela, dein rotundato-angustata, basi 

 subrecta, intra humeros parum impressa, humeris rectis, angulo tuberculo levi 

 instructo, lateribus sub humeros perpendicularia, hac parte ])erpendiculari sujira 

 fascia nigra marginata, triangular! ; apice singulo breviter oblicjue trnncato, angulo 

 externo recto, fere acumiuato, interno snbrotuudato. 



Femora postica segmenti ipiinti abdominalis basim attingentia. 



Long. 33 mm., elytr. 24, lat. 11. 



The transverse angular bauds of the elytra are inconspicuous, and perhaxis quite 

 absent from specimens in perfect condition. 



Hub. Dorey (Dutch N. Guinea). 



Acroama gen. nov. 



Tuberibus antenniferis verticalibus, contiguis, singulo antice tuberculo a])icali 

 versus inferam directo armato. Antennis fere glabris, scapo apice subito incrassato, 

 elytrorum basim attingente, articulo tcrtio longiore, tertio quarto minute breviore. 

 Prothorace cylindrico, latitudine longiore. Elytris cuneiformibns, humeris rectis, 

 ]irothorace duphj latioribns, apicibus singulis longe acuminatis, singulo elytro basi 

 tuberculo sat valido armato. Femoribus clavatis, posticis abdominis segmenti tertii 

 medium attingentibus. 



This genus is very remarkable as regards the form of the antennal tubers, 

 scape of antennae, and elytra. It is to be placed after Smegmas Lac. 



