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The c/" of alternans is not known. In that of convexus the 

 first fore tarsal segment is more than twice as long as broad, 

 having nearly parallel sides, and the anal sternite is short and 

 simply rounded at apex. 



Hab. Patunuang, S. Celebes, January 1896, type, and Bua- 

 Kraeng, S. Celebes, February 1896 (Fruhstorfer), in Mus. Tring, 

 a series; Kandari, S. E. Celebes, March 1874 (Beccari) , one 

 specimen. 



19. Doticus plaiiatns spec. nov. 



(/" 9 . Agrees with D. suhplanatus (1895) Jord. in the third 

 interspace of the elytrum being cariniform behind, the carina 

 ending in a tubercle, in the hamate foretibia of the cT being 

 denticulate on the innerside, in the anal sternite of the d^ being 

 bidentate and in the pygidium of the 9 being long and sub- 

 acuminate. 



Larger than suhplanatus, the legs less distinctly spotted with 

 brown. The foretarsus much broader, the second segment being 

 about half as broad again as long. The subbasal convexity of 

 the elytrum less elevate and devoid of a tuft, and the costa 

 of the third interspace less elevate. Angle of prothoracic carina 

 not acute. 



Hab. Milne Bay, British Nev/ Guinea (Mus. Tring, type); 

 Yule I., June 1876 (L. M. d'Albertis); Rigo, British New 

 Guinea, July 1889 (Loria); Andai, Dutch New Guinea, August 

 1872 (L. M. D'Albertis). 



A series. 



