90 K. JORDAN 



less obliquely narrowed anteriorly, much more rounded. Stripes 

 of elytrum less deeply impressed. Lateral apical angle of last 

 abdominal sternite not projecting in either sex. 



Hab. Yule I., British New Guinea, May 1875 (L. M. D'Albertis). 



A series. 



17. Miisthosima cmcifera spec. nov. 



Q . Rufous brown , covered with a white-grey pubescence , 

 spotted and marmorated with rufous brown above; legs and 

 base of antenna pale rufous , apex of hind tibia brown , hind 

 tarsus brunnescent on upperside. A spot at base of rostrum , 

 indistinct in one specimen , a double spot on frons , two spots 

 on occiput, connected \vith one another behind, three dots late- 

 rally on pronotum and a large discal central area brown or 

 rufous brown, this area including a regular grey cross ; elytra 

 marmorated with more or less confluent rufous brown dots, a 

 larger spot near base. 



Eye with small sinus. Pygidium and anal sternite long, trian- 

 gular, subacuminate. Legs slender; tarsi long, first segment 

 nearly twice as long as the others together. 



Length , 3 mm. 



Hab. Ighibirei, Brit. New Guinea, VIl-YIII. 1890 (Loria). 



Two 9 9. 



This is not a typical Misthosima, as the eye is distinctly sinuate. 

 In absence of the c/" I abstain from proposing a new genus 

 for this species. 



18. I>otic"ixs eonvexus spec. nov. 



c/^ 9 . Similar to D. alter nans {\d>^^) i ova. , being black, den- 

 sely dotted and variegated with olivaceous clay pubescence, and 

 having the fore- and midtibiae simple, these not being hamate 

 or dentate in either sex. 



Pronotum and elytra more convex than in alternans , the 

 latter less depressed at the suture. Angle of prothoracic carina 

 not acute. 



