76 LATOLiEVA INCENSA. 



Tfogositidtc. 



Latokeva incensa, n. sp. 



Elougate-ovate , depressed , slightly narrower in front 

 than behind , dark piceous , shining , the margins dark 

 ferruginous. Head broad, moderately convex, rather strongly 

 and closely punctured in front, more finely so behind. 

 Antennae reddish testaceous, with the exception of the 

 basal joint which is pitchy black. Prothorax at the base 

 about three times broader than long , rather deeply emar- 

 ginate in front , very finely and closely punctured ; ante- 

 rior angles acute, sides regularly rounded, posterior angles 

 slightly obtuse ; the lateral margins reflexed , moderately 

 broad, finely and rather closely punctured. Scutellum 

 large, rounded behind, finely and irregularly punctured. 

 Elytra about twice the length of the head and prothorax 

 together, very sligthly increasing in width towards the 

 apex, rounded behind, moderately strongly punctate-striate , 

 the alternate striae rather deeply impressed , the interstices 

 narrow and slightly raised; lateral margins broad , coarsely 

 and irregularly punctured. Under side ferruginous, shin- 

 ing ; prosternum finely and very sparingly punctured , 

 meso- and metasternum as finely but less sparingly so ; 

 abdominal segments extremely finely punctured. Legs fer- 

 ruginous , rather paler than the general colour of the under 

 side, claws pitchy black. — Length 8'/4 mm.; greatest 

 width 5 mm. 



Salwatty (Bernstein) , Andai : New Guinea (v. Rosenberg) ; 

 also in Mr. F. P. Pascoe's collection from Dorey and the 

 Aru Isles. 



Allied to Latola'va ovalis Mac Leay ; more elongate , 

 the head much broader and the prothorax proportionately 

 longer; elytra with the sides more parallel, more strongly 

 punctate-striate and the interstices decidedly narrower. 



T^otes from th.e Leyden museura, "Vol. VI. 



