544 Mr. A. R. Wallace's Catalogue 



22. LoMAPTEEA PUNCTATA, Montrouzier. 



Lomapter a punctata, Montr. Ann. Sc. Phys. &c. de Lyon, 

 ser. 2, vol. vii. p. 26. 



Ba^.— Woodlark Island (B. M., S)- 



Allied to L. hatchiana, but jet black and glossy, the 

 thorax finely and regularly punctate, and the elytra 

 covered throughout with fine rugose transverse strise. 



23. LoMAPTEEA ADELPHA, ThomSOU. 



Lomaptera adelpha, Thorns. Arch. Ent. i. p. 428, 



pi. 16, f. 3. 



" Pygidium apud $ in medio longitudinaliter elevatum." 



" Differe de la L. valicUpes par les characteres que 

 voici : Moins allongee. Elytres non echancrees a 

 V extremite, ayant deux bosselures posterieurement ; 

 point de granulations sur les bords lateraux ; sillon- 

 nees transversalement en arriere ; lisses anterieure- 

 ment ; la ponctuation se changeant ensuite en sillons 

 transversaux confluents.^' (Thomson.) 

 Eah. — Aru Islands (Coll. Thorns, c^ ?) . 

 This specimen was obtained by me in the Aru Islands, 



but was overlooked, and thus passed into the collection 



of Mr. Thomson. 



24. LoMAPTEEA PAPUA, Guerin. 



Lomaptera papua, Guer. Voy. Coquille, Zool. pi. 3, f. 11 ; 

 Gory & Perch. Mon. Get. p. 309, pi. 60, f. 4, c? . 



" Obscure viridis, nitidissima ; fronte bicornuta ; thorace 

 postice producto, scutellum tegente. Elytris elongatis, 

 postice sub-attenuatis, subtilissime transversim 

 rugosis, punctatis. Corpore subtus viridi, sternum 

 antice productum, pedibus concoloribus. Long. 

 34 mill." (Guerin.) . 



Male with the anterior tibite unarmed and the pygi- 

 dium conical. Female with one tooth near the end of 

 the tibiae, the pygidium transversely rhomboidal, with a 

 vertical keel. 



Hah. — Waigiou (Coll. WaU. ?), New Guinea (Paris 

 Mus. c?). 



I obtained a single specimen only of this species. 



