51. i!!»oleiiia. foinor-ata, sp. n. 



Fulvous, the breast, abdomen and the posterior femora (or the 

 latter more or less) black, thorax impunctnte, the anterior an- 

 gles not produced, elytra violaceous blue, finely semipunctate- 

 striate. 



Length 5 72 inillim. 



Head impunctate, the frontal elevations broad and oblique, 

 clypeus triangular, antenn^t^ entirely fulvous, third joint distinctly 

 shorter than the fourth, thorax more than twice as broad as 

 long, constricted at the base, the siiles strongly rounded at 

 the middle, with a distinct reflexed margin, the basal margin 

 with the usual short lateral perpendicular groove, the surface 

 impunctate, llavous, scutellum llavous, elytra rather strongly 

 convex and widened at the middle with fine punctures placed 

 in closely approached semiregular rows, the breast and abdo- 

 men black, legs fiavous , the posterior femora more or less 

 blackish. 



New Guinea (my collection). 



Separated by the black underside and posterior femora, the 

 entirely fulvous antennae and the general larger and more wi- 

 dened shape. There are five similar specimens before me without 

 exact locality. 



52. Soleiiia papuana, sp. n. 



Fulvous, the head and thorax impunctate, the latter strongly 

 transverse, elytra dark violaceous, finely and closely punctured 

 in irregular rows, abdomen more or less piceous. 



Length o millim. 



Head deeply transversely grooved betwen the eyes, fulvous, 

 impunctate, frontal elevations transverse, rather broad, clypeus 

 triangular, antennae extending a little beyond the base of the 

 elytra, black, the lower three joints and the base of the fourth 

 fulvous, third and fourth joint equal, slightly shorter than the 



