446 Mr. J. S.^al^'s descriptions of 



midtlle, tlicncc roimdcil to the apex ; surfiicc smootli, 

 iinpuiictiite. Elytra finely but tlistiuctly punctured. 



Genus Lypnea. 



Corpus elongatum, convexum. Caj)nt modlcc cxscr- 

 tum, facie per])endiculari ; antcnnis filifurmlbus, corporis 

 dimidio longioribus, articulo secundo brevi, tertio illo vix 

 longiori ; encarpis transversis, contiguis ; carina lineari- 

 formi. Tliorax tvansversus, basi sulco transverso, utrin- 

 que abbreviato impressus, angulis anticis paidlo productis, 

 obtusis. Ehjtra tliorace paullo latiora, parallcla, j^unctato- 

 striata, limbo lateral! distincte dilatato. Pedes simpliccs ; 

 femorihus posticis incrassatis ; tihiis anticis quatuor mu- 

 ticis, posticis apice spina brevi acuta armatis ; tarsis 

 posticis ad tibia? apicem insertis ; luujuiculis appendicu- 

 latis. Pro sternum coxis a^quialtum apice liastato, dorso 

 carinato ; acetahulis anticis apertis. Mesostcrmim trigo- 

 natum, antice concavum. 



Separated from Lactica and allied genera by the punc- 

 tatc-striate, costate elytra; from 7)//^ /<«?</<^/ca it is distin- 

 guished by the form of the thorax, and by the absence of 

 the transverse depression on the elytra. 



Lypnea Jiava. 



Elongata, flava, oculis nigris, elytris regulariter punc- 

 tato-striatis, interspatiis costatis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 

 Hah. — New Guinea, Batchian. 



Head smooth, impunctatc ; face slightly elevated be- 

 tween the insertion of the antenna? ; carina linear ; cn- 

 carpre transverse, contiguous. Thorax nearly twice as 

 broad as long ; sides straight and parallel ; anterior angles 

 oblique, thickened, hinder angles armed with a small 

 tooth ; above transversely convex, impunctate, impressed 

 in front of the basal margin with a shalloAV, transvei'se 

 groove, which is terminated on cither side at some dis- 

 tance from the outer border by an indistinct longitudinal 

 impression ; lateral margin narrowly rcflexed. Elytra 

 rather broader than the tliorax, ]iarallel ; above regularly 

 punctate-striate ; the interspaces thickened, costate; lateral 

 inai'gin narrowly dilated. 



