NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 229 



52. Tlayrasia marg-inata, n sp. 



PiceoLis below ; above fulvous. Thorax very closely and 

 strongly punctured at the sides, more finely at the disk. Elytra 

 strongly punctate-striate , the suturai and lateral margin nar- 

 rowly piceous. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head flat , longitudinally depressed between the eyes, the 

 space dividing the latter narrower than their diameter; epistome 

 indistinctly separated from the face, transverse, its anterior 

 margin very slightly concave, surface deeply and remotely punc- 

 tured; labrum fulvous; jaws piceous; antennae of half the length 

 of the body, fulvous, gradually and moderately thickened at 

 the terminal joints , no visible space between their insertion and 

 the inner margin of the eyes. Thorax transversely subquadrate, 

 the sides moderately rounded but very slightly deflexed, ante- 

 rior margin at the sides joined to the thoracic epistei-num and 

 produced at the posterior portion of the eyes; surface closely 

 and rather strongly punctured at the sides, finely at the disk, 

 fulvous, the lateral and posterior margin narrowly piceous. 

 Scutellum about as broad as long. Elytra very obsoletely de- 

 pressed below the base, nearly parallel, surface subdepressed , 

 strongly punctate-striate, the punctures visible to the apex, in- 

 terspaces near tlie latter and at the sides subcostate. Below pi- 

 ceous; legs fulvous, femora strongly dentate, the anterior ones 

 dilated into a triangular tooth. 



New Guinea, Fly River, December (L. M. D'Albertis). 



Two specimens, which agree in every respect with each other, 

 were obtained by Sign. L. M. D'Albertis. 



53. Doriiiorrliy tis fenioralis, n. sp. 



Oblong-ovate , obscure greenish black or piceous , below. 

 Basal joints of the antennae and the legs, fulvous. Above ae- 

 neous or bluish green; head and thorax rugose-punctate; elytra 



