BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 701 



long ago by M. M. Garnot and Lesson, Quoy, Gaimard, Boisduval 

 and others, and in later times by Gestro, Wallace, Bates, Baly, &c. 

 The Archipelago of large Islands, New Ireland, &c., lying on the 

 North-East side of New Guinea, was visited by the Coquille, 

 in 1823, and large collections were made at that time, and 

 of late years it has been a favourite resort of numerous 

 professional collectors. The South Coast also has become of late 

 years pretty well known, from the Delta of the Fly on the West 

 to the extreme South-east point of the Louisiade Archipelago, 

 and the labours of D'Albertis, Goldie, and others have enabled us 

 to form a tolerably accurate estimate of the Fauna of that portion 

 of the Island. But the country in or near Astrolobe Bay, has never 

 hitherto been submitted to even the most cursory search for its 

 zoological productions. 



I give, in the following list, under each species, all its known 

 localities, as by this means the collection, small though it be, 

 may throw some light on the subject of the geographical distri- 

 bution of species. 



Ordo. COLEOPTEBA. 



Family. CICTNDELIDvE. 



1. Cicindela D'Urvillei. Dej. 

 Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. PL L, fig. 2. 

 Hob. — Dorey ; Maclay Coast. 



FAM. SCARAB^ID^. 



2. Lepidiota quinquelixeata. nov. sp. 

 Oblong-oval, dark reddish brown, opake. Head densely 

 variolose-punctate, each puncture with a minute whitish scale ; 

 the clypeus slightly emarginate and considerably reflexed. Thorax 

 nearly twice as broad as long, the anterior angles advanced, the 

 sides widening towards the base, the base itself a little sinuate, 

 and the whole coarsely and rather distantly punctate, each 

 puncture with a short yellowish or whitish seta-looking scale. 

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