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thirds across the disk ; a second shorter row is placed on the 

 outer disk just before its middle, whilst a third, still shorter, is 

 placed on the middle of the inner disk ; the fulvous colour varies 

 greatly in extent ; it usually occupies the hinder half of the sur- 

 face ; in other cases it is confined to the extreme apex, and 

 every intermediate degree occurs between the two extremes. 



Genus Stethomela, Baly. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. 2nd ser. iii. p. 251. 

 Corpus ohlongum aut elongatum, convexum, parallelum. Caput 

 modice exsertum ; antennis filiformibus, apicem versus inter- 

 dum leviter incrassatis, dimidii corporis longitudine vel paullo 

 longioribus ; palpis niaxillaribus clavatis, articulo ultimo trun- 

 cato. Thorax transversus, lateribus non incrassatis. Elytra 

 thorace latiora, parallela, convexa, regulariter punctato- 

 striata. Pedes mediocres ; tibiis simplicibus ; unguiculis uni- 

 dentatis. 



1. Stethomela scintillans, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entom. i. p. 294. 



Subelongata, convexa, nitida, obscure rufo-picea, aeneo-micans, 

 supra aeneo-cuprea, antennis extrorsum nigris, pedibus ob- 

 scure rufis, genibus cupreis ; thorace transverso, disco irregu- 

 lariter subremote, lateribus subcrebre viridi-aeneo-punctato ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis, punctis viridi-aeneis. 

 Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey). 



Oblong, convex ; face deeply impressed between the eyes, 

 lower portion distinctly punctured ; vertex remotely covered with 

 minute punctures. Thorax more than twice as broad as long, 

 apex deeply concave ; sides nearly Straight, narrowed from base 

 to apex, rounded in front ; posterior angles slightly produced ; 

 surface covered with moderate-sized but deep punctures, which 

 have a strong brassy-green reflexion. Each elytron impressed 

 with eleven rows of similar punctures, the first abbreviated ; the 

 punctures on each stria irregularly arranged in a single line. 



2. Stethomela consimilis, n. sp. 

 Subelongata, parallela, convexa, subtus pallide rufo-picea, supra 



