PHYTOPHAGOUS COI.EOPTERA FROM NEW GUINEA 491 



27. Splitxjrodlei'ma, sulbiinpr^essa, sp. ri. 



Body below, the head, thorax, antennae and the legs fulvous, 

 thorax obsoletely sulcate at the sides, nearly impunctate, elytra 

 violaceous, rather strongly and closely punctured. 



Length 3 millim. 



Head impunctate, frontal elevations broad but very feebly 

 raised, carina short and rather thick, antennae slender, exten- 

 ding to the middle of the elytra, entirely fulvous, the third and 

 following joints somewhat triangularly widened, of nearly equal 

 length ; thorax at least twice as broad as long, the sides straight, 

 the angles obliquely thickened, the basal margin rather strongly 

 produced at the middle, the disc in front of it with a distinct 

 oblique depression, the sides obsoleteiy longitudinally sulcate, 

 the surface with some very minute punctures, only visible under 

 a strong lens, scutellum piceous; elytra dark violaceous, rather 

 strongly punctured in closely approached rows, the shoulders 

 prominent, the last interstice slightly convex; under side and 

 legs fulvous, the breast more or less pale piceous, abdomen im- 

 punctate. 



Haveri. S. E. New Guinea. 



This Sphaeroderma may be principally distinguished by the 

 fulvous antennae and the comparatively strongly punctured ely- 

 tra, the obsoleteiy sulcate thorax will further assist in its recog- 

 nition. 



28. Arg-opistes liiixlbatipenniSj, sp. n. 



Fulvous, the thorax minutely and closely punctured, elytra 

 obsoleteiy punctate-striate, the interstices closely punctured, black, 

 the lateral and apical margins, fulvous. 



Length 3 millim. 



Head impunctate between the eyes, fulvous, this portion redu- 

 ced to a narrow stripe, eyes occupying the entire sides, the 

 frontal elevations obsolete, elongate, bounded behind by a trans- 



