of Malayan Getoniidce. 539 



Messrs. Gory and Percheron's description and figure will 

 apply equally well, or even better, to L. olivacea. 



8. LoMAPTERA RUGATA, Honibron & Jacquinot. 



Lomaptera nigata, H. & J. Voy. au Pol. Sud. Col. pi. 9, f. 8. 



" LaBte viridis, nitida ; clypeo profunde emarginato ; ely- 

 tris fere parallelis, punctis impressis strigis trans- 

 versalibus minutis numerosissimis." (Homb. et 

 Jacq.) . 



Hah. — Solomon Islands (H. & J.), New Hebrides 

 (Coll. Parry). 



Major Parry's specimen of this species is very close to 

 L. LatreilUi, but smaller and of a more vivid green 

 colour. The thorax and base of the elytra are much 

 more strongly and closely punctured. The clothing of 

 rufous hair beneath is more dense, the sternum is more 

 distinctly punctured, and the under surface of the pygi- 

 dium in the female is broader. It agrees very well with 

 the figure and description above quoted. 



9. LoMAPTERA ESMERALDA, n. S. 



Intense viridis; thorace Ijevi, lateribus punctatis ; scutello 

 distincto; elyti'is basi Igevibus, deinde pinictatis et 

 rugoso-sti'iatis ; processu sternali elongate, incurvato. 



Intense glossy green ; clypeus deeply notched, punc- 

 tate ; thorax very smooth and glossy, punctate only at 

 the margins; scutellum more visible than in L. LatreilUi; 

 elytra with the shoulders elevated, very smooth at the 

 base, thence punctured and thickly covered with trans- 

 verse wrinkles, pygidium of the female transverse, keeled 

 not quite so sharply as in L. LatreilUi ; club of antennae 

 pitchy ; claws and tibial spines black ; sternal process 

 longer than in L. LatreilUi, acute, incurved at the tip ; 

 thighs of the fore legs with rufous hairs ; anterior tibiee 

 with two strong lateral teeth. 



Length 1 inch. 



Hah. — "N. Hebrides, Solomon or Fidji Is.", Mac Gil- 

 livray. (B. M. ? ). 



A very beautiful species, allied to L. LatreilUi, 



