PinTOPlIAGOUS COLEOPTERA I'KOM NEW GUINEA 493 



base than the thorax, of elong-ate, posteriorly pointed shape, 

 extremely finely and closely punctured, fiavous, the apical mar- 

 gins narrowly black, this colour extending in a pointed shape a 

 little way up the sides, abdomen and the tif)iaj and tarsi more 

 or less black. 



Hab. Haveri, the variety. Pauniomu Riv. 



I cannot separate the variety specifically from the typical 

 form, although the basal two joints and the legs are nearly 

 entirely fulvous and the elytral black apex is wanting, every- 

 thing else is the same and these specimens probably represent 

 only a local form ; the black head and abdomen principally 

 distinguish this species. 



30. Oides Lor'ise, sp, n. 



Fiavous, thorax closely punctured, biimpressed , elytra very 

 minutely puncturofl, blackish, the base and the sides narrowly 

 fulvous. 



Length 10-11 millim. 



Head impunctate, liavous, antennse with the third and fourth 

 joint elongate, equal, the following thi'ee joints shorter; the rest 

 wanting, thorax about twice and a half broader than long, nar- 

 rowed anteriorly, the lateral margins very feebly rounded, the 

 surface with a rather deep round fovea at each side, closely 

 impressed with larger and smaller punctures, scutellum fiavous, 

 elytra widened towards the middle, longitudinally depressed 

 below the shoulders, the entire surface extremely finely and 

 closely punctured, nearly black, the base and the sides nar- 

 rowly fulvous, under side and legs liavous, tarsi strongly pu- 

 bescent below. 



Hab. British New Guinea. 



From nearly similarly coloured species, the present one may 

 be principally distinguished by the closely punctured and bifo- 

 veolate thorax as well as by the black not blue colour of the 

 disc of the elytra; the special locality where the two specimens 

 before me, were obtained, is not given. 



