148 INSECTS OF THE FLY RIVER, NEW GUINEA, "COLEOPTERA. ,; 



CO. Gltciphana velutina. n. sp. 

 Of a velvety greenish black, the sides of the thorax very 

 narrowly margined with yellow and with very minute spots of 

 the same colour on each elytron ; two, transversely placed, about 

 the middle of the side ; one near the posterior angle, and one 

 (transverse) at the middle of the apex. The under surface is black 

 and nitid, the presternum and anterior femora pilose, the sides of 

 the pro-meso and metasternum covered with yellowish scales and 

 the pygidium margined with yellow. 



Length 3 lines. 



Family. BUPRESTID^E. 



61. Cyphogastra calepyga. Thorns. 



Arch. Ent., I., p. 430, t, 16, f. 6. 



62. Chrysobothris auropunctata. Deyr. 



Ann. Ent. Belg., VIII., 1864, p. 110. 



63. Melobasis suturalis. n. sp. 



Head and thorax golden green, densely and sharply punctate ; 

 the scutellum is broader than long, almost rectangular, without 

 puncturation and of a golden effulgence. The elytra are cyaneous, 

 with a golden green vitta on the suture on the basal half and a 

 large greenish patch from the humerus to behind the middle. 

 The sculpture consists of many irregular rows of minute spots, 

 and the sides towards the apex are armed with 15 or 16 minute 

 serrations ; the under surface is of a brilliant golden-green and 

 punctate. 



Length, 4 lines. 



64. Cisseis dimidiatus. n. sp. 

 Head and thorax coppery, the first covered by the thorax to 

 the middle of the eyes and clothed with ashen pile, the thorax 

 reddish coppery in the middle, convex and with wide lateral 

 margins particularly at the posterior angles clothed with ashen 

 pile. The scutellum is rounded behind. The elytra are blue and 

 densely punctate, with a basal impression on each side and 

 one behind the humerus. The apical half is clothed with 



