490 Mr. Gilbert J. Arrow on Characters and Belationshi2JS 



^ , pedum anticorum dentibus majoribus minus gracilibus, 

 unguiculo intenio valde inflecto, dilatato. 

 Long. 15-17 mm. Lat. max. 10-10"5 mm. 



Hab. S. New Guinea : Irupara, Ighibirei {L. Doria, 

 July, August 1889-90). 



In the British and Genoa Museums. 



This species is closely related to the preceding one, but 

 rather more globose and less black and shining. The 

 elytra are more closely striated, and upon the dorsal part 

 the alternate interstices, and all the interstices towards 

 the apex are broken into short elevations and depressions 

 which produce a tesselated appearance. The front tibiae 

 are armed with three moderately sharp teeth in addition 

 to the fine serration. 



Liparoclirus timidus, sp. n. 

 Niger vel piceo-niger, nitidus, late ovatus, capite transverse 

 ruguloso, clypeo brevi, quadrato, antice laevissime emarginato ; 

 prothorace medio parcissime vix perspicue punctulato, lateribus 

 modice dilatatis, baud crebre fere rugose punctatis, angulis anticis 

 modice promineiitibus, paulo rotundatis, posticis obtusis, scutello 

 laevi, acuto ; elytris profuiide striatis striis geminatis, profundis, vix 

 punctatis, interstitiis parcissime et minutissime punctulatis ; tibiis 

 anticis serratis, dentibus tribus magnis. 

 ., Long. 6'5-9 mm. Lat. max. 4'5-5-5 mm. 



Hah. North Australia : Alexandria (Oct. to March). 



A series of specimens collected by Mr. W. Stalker 

 have been presented by Sir W. Ingram to the British 

 Museum. 



It is a black, globose and very shining species with the 

 head rugose, the pronotum very finely and thinly punc- 

 tured, and the elytra furnished with several pairs of deeply 

 incised, not distinctly punctured striae, the interstices 

 thinly and irregularly sprinkled with minute punctures. 

 The shape and general appearance are as in i, gcminatus, 

 Westw., but L. timidus is larger on the average, and a 

 little more elongate, with the pronotum much smoother 

 and the elytra more deeply striated and more sparingly 

 punctured. 



The described species of the genus Cododes, with the 

 exception of C. castancvs, Westw., and C. nigrqKnnis, Arrow, 

 have the elytra punctured in double rows, with wide, 



