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stained with piceous at the outer sides of the femora and tibiae. 

 Tarsi fulvous. 



Uab. New Guinea , Fly River, var. a. Ramoi (L. M. D' Al- 

 bertis). 



Dilierently marked than any varieties of S. variabilis Baly , 

 the thorax more transversely shaped, the head with a deep 

 fovea and the dark portion of the elytra black instead of pur- 

 plisli. Other varieties than those described above are most pro- 

 bably to be found. 



14. Stetliomela semi violacea, n. sp. 



Oblong, metalHc dark violaceous ; thorax remotely punctured; 

 elytra metallic bluish green, strongly punctate-striate. 



Length 5 lines. 



Head very finely punctured at the vertex , deeply triangularly 

 impressed between the antennae; labrum testaceous, its ante- 

 rior margin concave-emarginate ; antennae slender and filiform , 

 nearly half the length of the body , the 5 apical joints black , 

 the rest dark blue, first joint fulvous below; thorax nearly 3 

 times as broad as long , anterior margin concave , posterior one 

 slightly rounded, the sides straight at the base, rounded towards 

 the apex, anterior angles acute but not produced, surface re- 

 motely and finely punctured at the disk, more closely and 

 strongly at the sides, dark metallic violaceous; elytra slightly 

 wider at the base than the thorax , rather deeply depressed wi- 

 thin and below the shoulders, regularly and strongly punctate- 

 striate, the interstices extremely minutely punctured when seen 

 under a powerful lens ; underside and legs violaceous ; tarsi 

 black ; presternum produced in front in a short conical protu- 

 berance, its base bilobed; claws bifid. 



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



This species may be known by its bright metallic green elytra 

 and the slender and darkly coloured antennae as well as by the 

 violaceous underside and legs. One specimen. 



