26 MARTIN JACOBY 



at its lower portion; labrum testaceous; antennae long, more 

 than half the length of the body , terminal joints gradually wi- 

 dened; thorax transversely convex, metallic bluish black, disk 

 entirely impunctate, with the exception of a short row of elon- 

 gate and deep punctures, placed close and at each side of the 

 posterior margin; scutellum dark blue; elytra subquadrate, pa- 

 rallel, strongly and very regularly punctate-striate , the punc- 

 tuation almost entirely disappearing below the middle with the 

 exception of the first two suturai rows of punctures which ex- 

 tend nearly to the apex ; posterior two thirds of the surface 

 metallic Ijlue or violaceous, basal poi'tion bright fulvous. 



Hah. New Guinea, Mount Epa, April (L. M. D'Albertis). 



The fulvous basal portion of the elytra extends in one spe- 

 cimen nearly to half their length and the mesosternum in the 

 same specimen is also fulvous. 



9. Stetliomela pa,llia.ta, n, sp. 



Testaceous; abdomen and antennae, black; elytra dark vio- 

 laceous, the shoulders and the lateral margin testaceous. 



Length 4 Yg lines. 



Head testaceous, impunctate, with a deep triangular fovea 

 between the eyes; antennae black, the basal joint testaceous; 

 thorax transverse, nearly three times as broad as long, the 

 sides straight at the base, rounded near the middle, surface im- 

 punctate, with the exception of a few punctures at each side 

 near the basal margin; scutellum testaceous; elytra regularly 

 and rather finely punctate-striate, the apex nearly impunctate, 

 violaceous blue, the lateral mai'gin narrowly testaceous, which 

 colour extends to or below the middle and surrounds the shoul- 

 ders; abdomen piceous or black, the last abdominal segment, 

 legs and the rest of the underside, testaceous. 



Aru Islands, Wokan (0. Beccari). 



