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CLADOPHORUS. 



GuSrin, Voy. Coquille, Ent. p. 72. 



Cladophorus ingenuus. 



(Plate XVI. fig. 2.) 



Niger, parallelus, depressus ; thorace, scutello elytrisque pallide 

 flavis. <S . Long. 5^ liri. 



Hab. Dorey, New Guinea ( Wallace). 



Thorax with, seven areolets, the discoidal one very narrow ; the 

 anterior border finely punctured. Elytra parallel, the four costae 

 distinct ; the interstices with two rows of strong, very slightly trans- 

 verse punctures, these rows divided by a fine line. 



Cladophorus fuscatus. 

 (Plate XVI. fig. 6.) 



Fusco-niger, parallelus, depressus, opacus ; thorace flavo-piceo, 

 medio fusco, septemareolato, marginibus crebre punctatis ; elytris 

 fuscis, quadricostatis, iuterstitiis biseriatim fortiter punctato-striatis, 

 humeris vage flavescentibus, sutura juxta scutellum nigro-fusca, 

 apice nigro-fusco-marginato. ^. Long. 7^ lin. 



Hah. Waigiou {Wallace). 



A moderately broad, depressed species ; nearly black ; the thorax 

 and elytra yellowish pitchy, palest on the shoulders, rather darker 

 on the thorax and the greater part of the elytra ; the disk of the 

 thorax, the suture of the elytra at the base, and the margin of the 

 apex nearly black. The thorax with the mesial areolet moderately 

 broad, nearly extended to the anterior margin ; the sides are mode- 

 rately reflexed and somewhat thickly and roughly punctured. Elytra 

 parallel, the intervals with two rows of strong, nearly square punc- 

 tures. The abdomen is tinted with dark steel-blue. 



Cladophorus detractus. 

 (Plate XVI. fig. 4.) 



Fusco-niger, opacus ; thorace septemareolato, nigro vel flavo, 

 antice fusco, marginibus vix reflexis, scuteUo flavo ; elytris quadri- 

 costatis, interstitiis crebre subtilius biseriatim punctato-striatis, 

 flavis, apice late nigris ; pectore, pedibusque passim flavis. 



Long. 3|-4| lin. 



Hah. Aru Island (Wallace). 



Much narrower than C. ingenuus, the thorax not much reflexed at 

 the sides. The male example has the thorax yellow, with a fuscous 

 spot anteriorly ; the female has it black, with the posterior angles 

 ferruginous ; the discoidal areolet is broad in the middle, extending 



