BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., ifcC. 703 



5. SCAPANES POLITUS. nOV. sp. 



This is a very distinct species, but from its general resemblance 

 I have no doubt it has been frequently taken for S. australis. 



Boisduval describes S. australis from Port Dorey, and I have 

 specimens of it in my Museum from Aru, New Ireland, Duke of 

 York Island, and the Solomon Islands. The species I now 

 name I have from the Maclay Coast, the East side of the Gulf 

 of Papua, and the South Eastern extremity of New Guinea. The 

 size and general appearance of the two species are much the same, 

 but the difference in sculpture is very remarkable throughout, but 

 especially on the elytra. In S. azcsti'alis the elytra are covered 

 with large variolose looking punctures, with a few distinct semi- 

 costate longitudinal lines ; in S. politns they are smooth and nitid, 

 the puncturation such as it is being minute and thin. 



Several specimens, male and female. 



6. LOMAPTERA ADELPHA. TllOmS. 



Archiv. Ent. 1., p. 428, tab. 16, fig. 3. 



Hob. — Aru Islands ; Fly River ; Maclay Coast. 



FAM. BUPRESTID^E. 



7. Cyphogastra mniszeckii. Deyr. 

 Ann. Belg., 1864, p. 40. 

 Hab. — Amboina ; Maclay Coast. 



FAM. EUCNEMID^E. 



8. Aeisus atripennis. nov. sp. 



Elongate, parallel-sided. Antenna? and palpi as in A. Wicardi 

 Casteln, and of a light pitchy-red. Head and thorax red, densely 

 punctate, and thickly covei-ed with short velvety pubescence ; there 

 are two small round depressions on the head between the eyes : the 

 thorax is a little longer than the width, very convex above, and 

 witli the posterior angles acute. Scutellum small, square, and of 

 an opake reddish hue. Elytra of the width of the thorax and about 



