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the joints rather short, the second the shortest; Ihorax trans- 

 verse, disk widened at the middle, the anterior margin straight; 

 the sides nearly straight ; anterior angles blunt, somewhat obli- 

 que ; surface distantly but rather strongly punctured ; elytra 

 convex , very slightly narrowed near the apex , closely, strongly 

 but not very regularly punctate-striate, black ; a transverse yel- 

 low band not quite extending to the suture occupies the base, 

 the latter being slightly swollen, another similarly coloured trans- 

 versely shaped spot is placed at some distance from the apex; 

 underside and femora black ; tibiae fulvous. 

 New Guinea, Katau (L. M. D'Albertis). Three specimens. 



53. Eucyela iiia.la,y^a,na,, n. sp. 



Below obscure fulvous or flavous; femora picoous; antennae 

 fulvous, the 6.*\ 7.*'' and 11.*'' joint, piceous; head, thorax and 

 elytra metallic purplish violaceous , the latter deeply punctate- 

 striate. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head impunctate, transversely and obliquely grooved between 

 the eyes; the latter extending from the vertex to the clypeus, 

 of an oblong shape, their margins entire; clypeus triangular, 

 its sides bounded by an elevated ridge , its surface marked with 

 another central carina ; apex of the labrum and base of the jaws, 

 fulvous; antennae extremely closely approached, the space bet- 

 ween them forming a narrow ridge , their length not much ex- 

 tending beyond the base of the thorax ; basal joint very long , 

 slender and slightly curved, as long as the three following joints 

 united , the last six joints slightly thickened and pubescent ; 

 thorax three times as broad as long, the sides rounded and nar- 

 rowed towards the apex; anterior margin straight, the angles 

 obtusely rounded, the anterior ones obscure fulvous; posterior 

 margin sinuate before the middle , the median lobe rounded and 

 produced; surface entirely impunctate with the exception of a 

 single row of deep punctures placed at each side near the po- 

 sterior margin; elytra convex, rounded, the shoulders slightly 



