( fils ) 



33. Litocerus variegatus sp. nov. 



c? ? . i. niger, infra ciiiereo-piibpscens, supra fusciis, flavesceiit i- vel I'iiiereo- 

 variegatus. Rostrum interdura rufescens, structura L. dorsdlis. Antennae l3run- 

 nescentes, duobus articulis primis pallide rufis, octavo none (cJ) paulo longiore, vel 

 (?) breviore. Frons capitis angustissinia, parallela, antice panic angustior. Oculi 

 oblongi, ad frontem cajiitis fere recti. Protliorax retrorsiun rotundato-auii)liatus, 

 impunctatus, sulculo transverse dorsali sat profundo instructus, flavescenti-signatus : 

 vitta mediaiia, tribus maculis dorso-lateralibus liberis vel inter se connexis, una 

 rotundata lateral! discoidali in sulcnlo transverse sita cum vitta mediana conjuncta 

 aut libera. Elytra striato-punctata, interstitiis qninto et septimo parum convexioribus, 

 pube flavescenti vestita, nigro-signata; macula rotundata basali intra strias primam 

 et quartam, tribus maculis circum humerum, una suturali mediana cum plaga 

 sublaterali mediana irregulari unita vel libera, macula vel fascia postmediana suturam 

 baud attingente irregulari, macula anteapicali etiam in'egulari, bis signaturis plus 

 minusve connexis forma variabililuis. 



Pygidium {S) elongatum, retrorsuni leviter angustatum, (?) brevius, apice 

 subtruncatum ; basi utrimque flavescenti- vel griseo-marginatum. Infra imi)uuctatus. 

 Metasternum lateribus uigro-signatum. Abdomen margine laterali rufesceuti densius 

 pubescens. Pedes rufi ; femora medio nigra aut nigricantes; tibiae rufae, quatuor 

 posticae postice nigricantes ; tarsi rufi, articulo jirimo duorum posticorum nigricante ; 

 vel pedes nigi-i, tibiis basi rufis. 



Long. 8i mm., rostr. 2|, elytr. 6, lat. 3f. 



Pattern of pronotum the same as in L. dorsaHs, but the markings larger, the 

 three median ones confluent to a median vitta with which tiie discal ones, standing at 

 the ends of the transverse groove, are connected. The elytra are very variable in 

 pattern ; sometimes the yellowish grey pubescence is ])revailing, in other specimens 

 the lilaek ]iarts are more extended. The carina of the prothorax is shaped as in 

 L. dorsalis. Male witli a kind of carina on the first alxlominal segment. 



Halt. Batjan (type); Aru Is.; Andai and Humboldt Bay, New (juinea (W. 

 Doherty coll.). 



34. Litocerus parakensis sp. nov. 



c? ? . i. varierjato similis, ditfert : Angustior, prothorace carina angulis laterali- 

 bus baud rotundatis, vitta mediana latiore, punctis discoidalibus minutis, lateribus 

 totis linea antice parum dilatata exclu,sa cinereo-, leviter flavescenti-, pubescentibus, 

 elytris lineolis plus minusve oblique ac longitrorsum confluis, una linea striam 

 secundam et interstitia secundum ac tertium ex ]iarte occupante a margine basali ad 

 suturam ante declivitatem ajiicalem abeunte, antice cum signatura oblicpia hunierali 

 conflua praecipue conspicua ; ])edibus nigris, tibiis basi mfescentibus. 



Hah. Perak. 



The tubercle of the incde on the first aliiloniinal segment is rather liigh. Of the 

 black spaces of the elytra, one elongate mark behind the scutellum, another sutural 

 oblong spot in the middle, an oblique posthumeral band, and a second oblique 

 postmedian band are conspicuous, but very variable in shape. 



