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tarsisque intermedlis exceptis) pallide rufo-piceis ; antennis 

 basi fulvis, articulis intermediis nigris, tribus uhimis albidis ; 

 epistomate thoraceque rufo-fulvis, hoc sparse hie illic punc- 

 tate ; elytris regulariter punctato-striatis, cupreo-violaceis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Mysol, Ceram. 



Antennae compressed and broadly dilated towards the apex. 

 Palpi swollen. Thorax three times as broad as long, sides nearly 

 straight and parallel, converging at the apex ; surface nearly 

 impunctate. Elytra strongly punctate-striate. Outer border of 

 the abdomen pale piceous. 



2. Chalcomela rubripustulata, n. sp. 



Rotundata, valde convexa, semiglobosa, cuprea, nitida, violaceo- 

 micans, subtus rufo-picea; thorace caeruleo-aeneo, subcrebre 

 punctato ; elytris regulariter punctato-striatis, utrisque ma- 

 cnlis rotundatis duabus magnis rufis, una basali, alterd infra 

 medium posita, ornatis. 



Long. 3 — 3| lin. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



Antennae rufo-fulvous. Thorax four times as broad as long, 

 sides rounded at the base, obliquely converging from before the 

 base to the apex, more quickly narrowed at the extreme apex, 

 surface somewhat closely punctured. Elytra rather strongly 

 punctate-striate. 



3. Chalcomela nigripennis, n. sp. 



Ovata, valde convexa, pallide rufo-picea, nitida, antennis sub- 

 incrassatis, fulvo-albis, articulis intermediis nigris ; thorace 

 antice concavo-emarginato, disco tenuiter punctato; elytris 

 nigris, basi thorace latioribus, postice leviter attenuatis, 

 regulariter punctato-striatis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Waigiou. 



Thorax more than three times as broad as long, sides rounded 

 and converging from base to apex ; anterior margin regularly 

 concave-emarginate, not sinuate at the sides. Scutellum piceous. 

 Elytra broader at the base than the thorax, shoulders rounded, 

 sides slightly but distinctly narrowed towards the apex ; upper 

 surface regularly punctate-striate ; interspaces very minutely 

 punctured. 



