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than broad, the sides very moderately constricted, the surface 

 irregularly, remotely and strongly punctured, the basai sulcus 

 only indicated; scutellum black ; elytra feebly depressed below the 

 base, strongly and remotely punctate-striate, the punctures strong 

 at the base and near the latéral margin, the others much finer, 

 the interstices flat, an obscure fuscous band occupies the greater 

 portion of the dise, from before the middle to the apex, not 

 extending to either margin; the underside nearly black, sparingly 

 clothed with grey pubescence, the abdomen more piceous ; femora 

 fulvous, the knees, tibias and tarsi, black. 



Hab. : Queensland (Collection Brussels Muséum). 



Distinct in its system of coloration from any of its congeners 

 from the Australian région. 



Crioceris papuana n. sp. — Broad, robust, fulvous*, the 

 antennx (the basai joints excepted) black, thorax subcylindrical , 

 impunclate, elytra black, shilling, the base strongly raised, 

 entirely impunclate, a few punctures below the base excepted. 



Length 3 1/2 lines. 



Head elongate, deeply constricted behind the eyes, the latter 

 deeply notched, clypeus produced, rather swollen, antennae short, 

 not extending beyond the base of the thorax, the lower four joints 

 obscure fulvous, shiniug, the rest black, the third and fourth joints 

 equal,the terminal joints slightly longer than broad; thorax but 

 little longer than broad, subcylindrical deeply constricted at the 

 middle, the surface impunctate; scutellum pubescent, narrowly 

 elongate; elytra with the basai portion strongly raised, depressed 

 below it, the dépression with a few punctures, rest of the surface 

 entirely impunctate, the sides below the shoulders with another 

 elongate dépression; underside and legs fulvous, clothed with yel- 

 low pubescence ; mesosternum elongate, not narrowed in front. 



Hab. : New Guinea. 



At first sight, this species, of which I possess a single spécimen, 

 seems identical with G. obliterata Baly, but although closely 

 allied to that species, a number of différences seem to prove it to 

 be another insect; in G. papuana the clypeus is produced and 

 convex, the antennas are much shorter (not longer than half the 

 length of the body as in G. obliterata), the elytra are entirely 

 devoid of punctures (the few at the base excepted), the latéral 

 margin is flat without any impressed groove, the legs are entirely 

 fulvous and the mesosternum is of différent shape. 



Crioceris Severini n. sp. — Piceous below, above fulvous, 

 tarsi pale fulvous, thorax elongate, impunclate, elytra with the 

 basai portion highly raised, irregularly and deeply foveolate- 



