PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA KKOM NEW GUINEA 495 



32. Aulacoplior'a p£illì(lìfa,soìa.ta., sp. n. 



Black, the thorax fulvous, impunctate, elytra microscopically 

 punctured, black, the middle with a transverse nearly white 

 band, abdomen iiavous. 



Mas. The intermediate lobe of the last abdominal segment, 

 moderately sulcate. 



Length 6 millim. 



Head impunctate, entirely black, eyes large, antennc^e nearly 

 extending to the apex of the elytra, black, the lower two joints 

 shining, the others pubescent, very elongate and equal, thorax 

 about one half broader than long, the sides rather strongly 

 constricted at the base, I'ounded anteriorly, the surface impunc- 

 tate, fulvous, the basal sulcus straight, scutellum fulvous, elytra 

 with rows of minute punctures and traces of longitudinal lines, 

 black, this colour interrupted at the middle by a rather broad 

 and straight transverse whitish band; breast and legs black, 

 all the tibiae mucronate, abdomen fiavous. 



Haveri, Ighibirei. 



From any of the other nearly similarly coloured species, the 

 present one may be at once known by the entirely black head, 

 breast and legs and by the very regularly shaped white band 

 of the elytra. 



33, A.ulaooplior'a ri^oensis, sp. n. * 



Fiavous, the sides of the breast and the middle of the abdo- 

 men black, head with two black spots at the vertex, thorax 

 nearly impunctate, elytra very minutely punctured, a subqua- 

 drate spot at the base and a larger oval spot near the apex, 

 black. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head impunctate, the vertex black, with a central iiavous 

 stripe, the rest of the face Iiavous, antennae rather long and 

 robust, fiavous, the third joint longer than the others, thorax 



