1!)1H.J F. II. Chavkly: Passalidae of the World. loy 



fonvanlly (lit 0(1 (Ml]);iits of the scars are imicli more, and the other parts less, deeply impressed 

 than in cither. The lateral areas of the nietasternum are somewhat smoother and the 

 pronotum and elytra somewhat more convex than in either. 



Gonatas schellongi, K invert. 



I'l. ]. 



(liiniilan achellongi, Kuwi'rt. 18'.)iS. p. ."{11. 



Xnmerous specimens from New (iuinea (Stephansort, Milne Bay, Humboldt Ba^, 

 Torres Straits), Kei Islands, and New Brittain (Herbertshohe). Length 28-32 mm. 



The autennal lamellae are longer than in the two pieceding species, and the posterior 

 margin of the mentum is more strongly curved, the scars consequently forming a \V- rather 

 than a w-shaped figure. The left mandible is as broad as the right and scarcely if at all 

 longer ; its anterior lower tooth is less distinct than in 6'. minimus, but more di.stinct than 

 in other species of the genus. The form of the outer tubercles varies .slightly, and 

 G. tridentatus, Kuweit, is unlikely, I think, to prove di.stinct ; G. differens, albertisi, mnjor 

 and Hovaehritlanniae will perhaps also prove to be identical with the present species. The 

 lateral areas of the nietasternum are punctured and hairy. The dorsal gi-ooves of the elvtra 

 are less distinctly punctured than are the lateral one-. 



Gonatas germari, K 



IU1>. 



Actniiiis (jermari, Kaup, 18(J8rt, pp. 30-;}l. 



(loiiatas germari, Kaup, 1871, p. 51. 



Gonatas germari, Gravely, 1914c, pp. 2.50-2.jl, pi. xiii. Kus. 47-17rt. 



Numerous specimens from Ternate and Batjan (Labuan), five irom Ilalmaheira 

 (Dodiuga) and Great Banda, one from Jlorty Island near Halmaheira. one from the Kei 

 Islands, and one said to be from Australia. Also one from New Guinea (Dorey) and four 

 from Burn (Wakollo in the central part of the island, and Hat on the east coast) all of much 

 larger .size. Length, excluding the Dorey and Burn sjiecimens, 23- 5-26- 5 mm. : length of 

 Dorey specimens 29-0 mm. ; length of Burn specimens 31 •0-32-5 mm. 



The antennae and mentum resemble those of 6'. schellongi. The left mandible is 

 distinctly longer than the right, and its anterior lower tooth is more or less obsolete. The 

 lateral aieas of the metasterinim are punctured and more or less hairv. The difference 

 between the distinctness of the punctures in the dorsal and lateral grooves of the elvtra is 

 less great than in G. .schelloniji. 



Gonatas tenimbreusis, n. sp. 



Fii;. XVI, J. 



Five .specimens from Teniniber (or Timor Laut). four l)oing from .Tandema. Length 

 25-5-27-0. 



Clo.sely allied to the preceding species, from which it differs only in having still less 

 or no trace of the left anterior lower tooth, in having antennae with shorter lamellae like those 

 of G. minimus and G. cetioidca. and in having the lateral areas of the nietasternum 

 unpunctured and hairless. The scars on the mentum are deeply impre-sed throughout. 



