PHYTOPHAGOUS COLKOPTEKA FROM NEW GUINEA 503 



(ling to the apex; below and the femora Havous, the breast and 

 the tibiae and tarsi black. 



Trobriand Islands, New Guinea (my collection). 



Well distinguished by the rugose head and thorax and the 

 purplish black elytra. 



41. Sa.sti'a, olivacea, sp. n. 



Flavous or pale fulvous, the antennae (the basal joints excepted) 

 and the tibiae and tarsi black, thorax sparingly punctured, 

 deeply impressed, elytra extremely closely and finely punctured 

 and wrinkled, obscure dark green, finely pubescent, the sides 

 longitudinally costate and sulcate. 



Length 10 millim. 



Head rather strongly and closely punctured above the eyes, 

 frontal tubercles transverse, rather broad, clypeus narrow, divi- 

 ded by a central groove, antennae long and slender, black, the 

 lower three joints fulvous, third joint twice as long as the fourth 

 one, thorax about one half broader than long, the sides suban- 

 gulate before the middle, the angles pointed, the disc with a 

 deep transverse sulcus at each side and another longitudinal 

 deep central depression, sparingly but distinctly punctured, scu- 

 tellum broad, fulvous, elytra much wider at the base than the 

 thorax, of a metallic greenish olivaceous colour, extremely finely 

 and closely punctured and wrinkled and clothed with very 

 short grey pubescence, the sides with an acute longitudinal 

 costa preceded by a deep sulcus, the lateral margins narrow Iv 

 defiexed; below and the femora fiavous, tibiae and tarsi black. 



Fergusson Islands (my collection) 



42. Sastra albdomiiialis, sp. n. 



Obscure dark cupreous, the antennae and the breast black, 

 thorax rugosely punctured, strongly augniate at the sides, ely- 

 ti'a clothed with very short pubescence, closely punctured and 



