LANGURIIDAE 3(>1 



Cuneiformi^ : capite prolhorace, mesoslemo t sculelloque saturate 

 sanguineiSj antennis pedibusque nigrisj elytris cyaneis, abdomine 

 nigro-piceo vel saturate rufo; capile prothoraceque minute obsolete 

 et parcius punctalis. — Long. ( J-11 millim. cA 9- 



Mas. prolhorace wide ampliai subrolundalo, femoribus anticis 

 iutus asperatis. 



Femina, prolhorace minus amplialo, distinctius punctato, pedibus 

 anticis brevioribus. 



Huh. New Guinea, Fly River (L. M. D'ALbertis). 



This insect is very like, and nearly allied to L. cijanipennis, 

 Crotch of which the type is before me, but differs from it in 

 having the scutellum red and the abdomen is not quite black, 

 and in fresher examples is dark red. L. cyanipennis, Cr. is described 

 from a unique example apparently a male, but the front femora 

 are not roughened as in our specimens nor are the sides of the 

 abdomen in L. thoracica, so coarsely punctured. 



The head and thorax are very finely and extremely obsole- 

 tely punctured, the latter subglobose, more constricted at the 

 base than in C. cardiophoroides , Cr. (which it also a little re- 

 sembles). The front legs of the male are very long. The legs 

 are all nearly black, but often pitch-red at their bases, and the 

 front pair are sometimes pitchy. The scutellum is distinctly red, 

 but may be pitchy in the more fully matured specimens. The 

 elytra are steel-blue with distinct series of large punctures, the 

 interstices are smooth but the punctures often are joined by 

 transverse plicae, causing (especially near their base) a slight 

 rugosity ; their apices are truncate and mucronate on each side, 

 the external mucro being, however, much the more distinct. 



Seven examples were sent, all obtained by Sig. L. M. D' Al- 

 be rtis in 1876-77. 



The abdominal lines in this genus are clear, parallel, raised 

 and in this species extend about half across the segment. 



4. Anadastus lorianus, n. sp. 



Languriae insulari, liar, affinis el summà similitudine, major; 

 niger, capite prothoraceque rufis, crebre ne minute vix visibililer 

 punctalis, oculis hand prominentias lenuissime granulans ; pro- 



