704 THE INSECTS OF THE MACLAY-COAST, NEW GUINEA, 



three times the length, black, punctate-striate, (10 striae on each 

 elytron) and densely and finely punctate on the interstices. Body 

 beneath and legs light red, with a very short golden pile. The 

 fourth joint of the tarsi is bilobed. 



Long. 6 lin. One specimen. 



It is with considerable doubt that I place this handsome species 

 in Bonvouloir's genus Arisus, it shoiild probably form a new genus. 

 The species is undoubtedly new. 



FAM. MALACODERMID^E. 

 Metriorhynchus papuensis. no v. sp. 

 Sooty black, with the base of the elytra, margins of the thorax, 

 the meso and metasternum and the base of the thighs yellow. The 

 cavities on the thorax are deep but not very distinctly defined. 

 The elytra are punctate in ten strife, towards the base the alternate 

 interstices are elevated. 

 Length, 3-| lines. 



10. Luciola ruficollis. Guer. 

 Voy. Coq. Ent., p. 75. 



Hab. — Dorey ; Maclay Coast. 



FAM. CURCULIONID^E, 



11. Eupholus azureus. nov. sp. 



Of a uniform azure blue, subopake, under a lens showing an 

 extremely fine puncturation. The antennas have the joints from 

 the second to the eighth clothed with whitish hair, the club is 

 brown. The thorax has two raised smooth black lines extending 

 diagonally outwards from the apex on each sides of the median 

 sulcus to about the middle. The scutellum is very small and 

 round. The elytra are broader than the thorax at the base, 

 slightly widened behind and pointed at the apex. There are nine 

 rows of large deep punctures on each elytron ; these are regular 

 but not in stria? ; the suture, the scutellar region, a scapular and 

 subapical callus, a short raised vitta on each side of the scutellum, 

 and a raised narrow fascia a little behind the middle and not 



