542 Mr. A. R. Wallace's Catalogue 



16. LOMAPTEEA CONCINNA, n. S. (PL XII. fig. 1). 



Minor, nitide viridis ; elytris punctato-substriatis ; pedi- 

 bus, antennisj clypei apice, et abdominis aegmentis 

 duobus ultimis, purpureo-cupreis. 



Male. Form o^ L . ceramensis ; head rather closely punc- 

 tured ; thorax very smooth, punctate only near the mar- 

 gins, the middle lobe distinctly bifid ; scutellum visible ; 

 elytra rather abruptly deflexed at the sides, the base 

 smooth, the disk with lunate punctures disposed in some- 

 what irregular stinas, the apical half of the margin with 

 deep transverse strise, the suture near the apex abruptly 

 raised. Anterior tibiae with a strong tooth below the 

 apical spine, sternal process slightly curved upwards, 

 pygidium tranversely keeled, its lower surface less than 

 half the upper, abdomen deeply furrowed. 



Above, pure glossy green, the apex of the clypeus 

 coppery red ; antennas entirely rufous copper ; legs en- 

 tirely purplish copper; pygidium and the adjoining seg- 

 ment of the abdomen rich purple copper. 



Length 11 lines. 



Eah. — Aru Islands (Coll. Wall., S) . 



A single specimen only of this species was obtained. 



17. LoMAPTEEA VALiDiPEs, Thomson. 



LomapteravalidipeSfThoiais. Arch.Ent.i.p.427,pl. 16, f. 2. 



Male, with the outer edge of the fore tibiae smooth; 

 in the female one-toothed. The male has (sometimes ?) 

 the front of the clypeus and the extremity of the abdo- 

 men rufous. 



Hah. — Aru Islands, New Guinea (Coll. Wall., B, M.). 



A fine species, and uncommon. 



18. LoMAPTEEA XANTHOPUS, Boisduval. 



Lomaptera xanthojnis, Boisd. Faune de I'Oceanie, ii. p. 

 225, Col. pi. 7, f. 3, c? . 



Anterior tibije of male smooth, of female with one 

 small tooth. 



Ifa&.— New Guinea, Mysol (Coll. Wall., B. M.) . 



Very few specimens were obtained of this rare species. 



