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thorax, nearly parallel with an obsolete depression below the 

 base, of a metallic bright blue or violaceous colour, their sur- 

 face nearly impunctate or extremely minutely punctured when 

 seen under a strong lens; legs fulvous or flavous; posterior fe- 

 mora, aljdomen and part of the breast black; coxal cavities open. 



New Guinea, Ternate (0. Beccari); Sorong (L. M. D'Albertis). 



This species, instead of the usual black and white colour to 

 be found in its allies, has the elytra metalHc blue, but does 

 not differ in structural characters, of which the transverse and 

 equally wide thorax and nearly parallel shape of the elytra in 

 connection with the open cavities are the principal. 



Simacthea, Baly. (ALimeta, Chap.). 

 35. Simaetliea Ibiiiltxg-iata,, n. sp. 



Oblong, testaceous; thorax remotely and deeply punctured; 

 elytra fulvous very strongly punctate-striate , each elytron with 

 a subquadrate violaceous blue spot at the base not extending 

 to the suture. 



Length 3 - 4 72 '^i'^^s. 



Head impunctate ; the frontal tubercles strongly raised and 

 bounded behind by a deep groove; palpi rather incrassate; an- 

 tennae more than half the length of the Ijody very slightly 

 thickened toward the apex, the third and following joint more 

 than twice as long as the second; thorax not much broader than 

 long, the sides straight at the base to the middle, from there 

 to the apex rounded and narrowed, all the angles acute but 

 not produced, surface distantly covered with deep and large 

 punctures, especially towards the sides; scutellum large, trigo- 

 nate , impunctate ; elytra wider at the base than tlie thorax , 

 fulvous, each elytron with ten rows of very deep punctures 

 which are placed in pairs at the sides where the interstices are 

 slightly longitudinally costate ; at the sides and surrounding the 

 slioulders a violaceous subquadrate spot is placed which extends 

 to about one third the length of the elytra but inwards to half 

 their width; posterior femora but moderately incrassate, tibiae 



