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141. Prosoplus bimaculatus n. sp. — Nigro-fuscus, pube 

 grisea vestitus; f rönte dense ochraceo-tomentosa ; prothorace 

 transverso, lateraliter densius, supra sparse punctato linea 

 dorsali media antice latiore nitida denudata; scutello trans- 

 verso late rotundato, ochraceo-tomentoso ; elytris convexis, 

 lateribus fere parallelis, apice latissime rotundatis, subtrun- 

 catis, ad basin rude profunde punctatis et granulatis, punctis 

 apicem versus minoribus, in fundo seta brevissima albida 

 instructis, elytris prseterea haud setosis, pube grisea, obsolete 

 flavo-variegata iindique vestitis, ad basin inträ humerum 

 naacula magna rotunda, dense flavido-tomentosa, optime de- 

 finita et pone medium linea arcuata transversa communi, 

 postiee in medio macula fusca connexa ornatis; infra cum 

 pedibus flavescente-tomentosus processu prosternali postiee 

 piloso. — Long. corporis 16 mm. 



Deutsch Neu Guinea: Wareo. — Collectio Hauser; Reichs- 

 museum in Stockholm. 



Diirfte am nächsten mit P. sparsutus Pasc. verwandt sein. 



Ertlia nov. gen. 



Caput retractile. — Mandibulse magnse, validae, extus 

 arcuatse, apice bifidse. — Oculi parvi, emarginati; lobi in- 

 feriores subtransversi, genis fere breviores — Tuberculi an- 

 tenniferi parvi, distantes, divergentes; fröns inter tuberculos 

 parum impressa. — Antennse corpore breviores ll-articulatse; 

 scapus brevissimus, cylindricus, articulo 3:o duplo brevior; 

 articulus 3 4:o fere duplo longior, cylindricus; articulus 4 apice 

 leviter, sequentes distincte compresso-dilatati, latitudine haud 

 duplo longiores; ultimus paullulo angustior. — Prothorax supra 

 convexus, basin versus sensim latior lateribus omnino rectis, 

 apice recte truncatus, ad basin utrinque emarginatus angulis 

 posticis acutis et plus minus distincte dentatis. — Scutellum 

 mediocre, apice obtusum. — Elytra convexa, fere cylindrica 

 apice conjunctim late rotundata. — Coxse anticae magnae, 

 exsertse, contiguse extus angulatse. — Processus intercoxalis 

 mesosterni angustus, apice acuminatus. — Coxse intermedise 

 €xtus angulatse. — Metasternum sat breve. — Pedes medio- 

 cres; femora in medio leviter incrassata; tibise intermediae 

 omnino integrse; unguiculi divergentes. — Abdominis segmenta 

 fere aequalia. — Corpus totum hirsutum, ssepe densissime. 



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