184 INSECTS OP THE FLY RIVER, NEW GUINEA, "COLEOPTERA," 



behind, punctate in front, and ernarginate at the rostral suture. 

 Antennae strong, the scape reaching to the thorax, and nearly as 

 long as the funicle and club combined. Thorax moderately convex, 

 broader behind than in front, longer than broad, and very rugosely 

 punctate. Elytra very convex and ampliated behind, much con- 

 stricted towards the apex, which is round, and rugosely punctate 

 throughout, there is a patch of silvery-green scales near each 

 shoulder, and the apical third is more or less densely clothed with 

 scales of the same colour, enclosing a large round smooth spot 

 near the apex of each elytron. 

 Length, 5^ lines. 



121. Ottistira fasciata. n. sp. 



Black, opaque, covered with very short greyish or ashen scales ; 

 a very fine smooth keel extends from the apical emargination of 

 the rostrum to near the back of the head. The thorax is very 

 little broader than the head, longer than broad, truncate and nearly 

 of the same width in front and behind, very little rounded on the 

 sides, and with an almost obsolete transverse constriction before 

 the middle. 



The elytra are square at the humeral angles, much broader than 

 the thorax, convex, and terminate in a rounded point. On each 

 elytron there are eight strong striae with oblong large somewhat 

 distant punctures in them. Two broad and rather indistinct fasciae 

 composed of whitish scales cross the elytra, one about the basal 

 third the other about an equal distance from the apex, having 

 between them a rather narrow space quite denuded of scales, 

 giving the appearance of a distinct black fascia, and on this space on 

 the third interstice from the suture is a rounded conical tubercle. 



Length 4 lines. 



Sub-Family. OTIORHYNCHIDES. 

 122. Apirocalus cornutus. Pasc. 

 Cist. Ent., II., p. 590. 



123. Coptorhynchus tessellatus. Blanch. 

 Voy. Pole. Sud. Ins., p. 223, pi. 15, fig. 10. 



