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finely punctured when seen under a strong lens, scutellum fla- 

 vous, elytra with extremely fine rows of punctures, rather re- 

 gularly placed, under side and legs llavous. 



Kapakapa, N. Guinea merid. 



Smaller than the preceding species, the thorax less strongly 

 transverse, minutely punctured, the anterior angles not produ- 

 ced, the elytral punctuation finer and more regular. 



PAUMOMUA, ^en. n. 



Body ovate, widened posteriorly, glabrous, palpi incrassate, 

 antennae filiform, the apical joints widened, thorax transverse, 

 short, deeply transversely sulcate, elytral epipleurse broad, con- 

 tinued below the middle, legs elongate, tibiae non sulcate, unar- 

 med, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the follo- 

 wing joints together, claws appendiculate, prosternum invisible 

 between the coxae, the anterior cotyloid cavities open. 



The general appearence of the insect for which this genus is 

 proposed, is that of Miltina (^Bonesio) Chap, with which it has 

 also the dilated palpi in common, but the bifid claws and unar- 

 med tibise forbid its being mistaken for that genus. According 

 to Chapuis classification the genus should enter the group of 

 Atysites with which it as however but little in common, as it 

 differs in shape and the glabrous upper surface entirely from 

 that group. 



54. !E*aixiiioii3iiia. suleicollis, sp. n. 



Pale fulvous, the head and the intermediate joints of the an- 

 tennae blackish, thorax finely punctured at the sides only, ely- 

 tra dilated posteriorly, shining, finely and closely punctured, 

 abdomen black. 

 Length 8 millim. 



Head not longer than broad, piceous, the vertex convex, with 

 a central longitudinal groove, sparingly and finely punctured, 

 frontal elevations transverse, rather ill defined, clypeus ridge- 

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