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iiigro-caeriileam ineliuU'iiiibus, (li.stincte puuctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 vix punctiilatis, fere glabris. Long. 7 millim. 

 Hab. Ceram, Wahaai (Moens). 



This insect, forinerly referred by nie to .4. hivmanicus 

 Bede], appears to diftbr IVoni it in tlie following respeets. It is 

 a littlc larger, more attenuated in front and beliind, it is much 

 morc shining, and the liead, thorax and elyti-a are distinctly 

 steel-blue. The punctuation of these parts is perhaps a little 

 more sparse. The elytra have about six series of largc and 

 distinct punctures, whieh are continued to very near the apex; 

 inlerslitial punctuation is not visible tili ihat point and is llien 

 of the tinest Order and hardly to be discerncd. The red niai-k 

 is more ditfiised and docs not have a black cross, bat a rather 

 irregulär black square placed diagonally, whicli like the M'hole 

 of the elytra shows a steely blue tint. The Avhole of the under- 

 side ^vith the legs, the antennae and the base of the head is 

 of a rieh red-brown colour; this would probably be deeper and 

 perhaps black in very mature examples, as one specimen of 

 A. birmanica from Sumatra is also brown beneath. As the 

 example from Ceru, m hieh was considered by me to be identical 

 with this, is now in the Leyden Museum, I cannot of coiirse, 

 be sure, whether it is so or not. I dedicate it as a tardy uct of 

 justice to its captor. 



Aulacochilus crucis-melittae Gorham, Notes from Leyden 

 Mus. X, 1888, p. 150. 

 Hab. Soekaranda. 



Aulacochilus tetraphacus Eedel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fran. 

 1872, p. 278. Gorh., Notes from Leyden Mus. 1888, p. 138. 

 Hab. Soekaranda, Liangagas. 



One specimen from each loeality. This insect is rare in 

 co]lecti(ms, perhaps it is overlooked as an Episcapha or as 

 a Dioperia. 



Stett. eutomol. Zeit. 1901. 



