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and more closel}^ at the sides; scutellum greenish cupreous; 

 elytra regularly punctate striate, the puncture distinct to the 

 apex; a rather deep fovea is placed at the sides below the 

 shoulders and a smaller one , on the fifth row of punctures be- 

 fore the middle; claws bifid; presternum with a deep central 

 groove. 



New Guinea, Isle of Yule, June 1875 (L. M. D'Albertis). 



At once distinguished by the uniform metallic violaceous or 

 blue colour of the upper surface and the fulvous antennae; the 

 legs and underside are more or less stained with metallic green, 

 as well as the underside, sometimes the fulvous colour predo- 

 minates; the species varies also greatly in its size. 



13. Stetlaomela eliapuisi 9 n. sp. 



Oblong-subquadrate , fulvous. Head, antennae, part of the 

 abdomen, sides of the femora and tibiae, black. El}'tra punctate- 

 striate, their posterior two thirds and the suture, black. 



Var. a. Head and the anterior half of the elytra , fulvous. 

 Var. h. Elytra Ijlack , an interrupted transverse irregular 

 band below the middle, fulvous. Head black. 



Var. c. Elytra entirely black, the suture at the middle; very 

 narrowly fulvous. 



Length 4 - 4 Yg lines. 



Very variable in colour. Head with an oblong and well mar- 

 ked fovea between the eyes, black or fulvous; clypeus of the 

 latter colour. Antennae half the length of the body , first and 

 second joints fulvous below; thorax transverse, three times as 

 broad as long, surface extremely finely punctured, when seen 

 under a very strong lens. Elytra with ten regular striae of 

 punctures , the first near the suture not extending to the middle, 

 fulvous, the black portion in the type extending upwards along 

 the suture to the base and at the sides, to below the latter, 

 the fulvous colour assuming the shape of an elongate triangular 

 mark from the base to nearly the middle. Last abdominal seg- 

 ment, breast and the legs, fulvous, the latter more or less 



