Loncjicornia Malay ana. 491 



Polyxo hiarcifera. 



Tmesisternus hiarciferus, Blanchard^ Voy. au Pole Sud, iv. 

 280, pi. xvi. fig. 12. 



P. fusca ; elytris subcostulatis, singulis linea grisea 

 crenato-triangulari . 



Hah. — Saylee (and Triton Bay, New Guinea). 



Dark brown, very dull and opaque ; head with six ful- 

 vous-rose spots, four in front and one on each cheek ; 

 prothorax dull brown, coarsely punctured ; elytra seriate- 

 punctate, the intervals between the rows very slightly 

 raised, each elytron with a narrow grayish line, beginning 

 behind the shoulder, passing obliquely inwards to the 

 suture, then curving backwards, and running to the outer 

 margin a little behind the middle ; body beneath and 

 legs dull ashy, speckled with pale brown ; antenna 

 pitchy. 



Length 1\ lines. 



Distinguished by the two arched lines of the elytra ; 

 in my specimen there is a smaller and almost obsolete 

 line, within the other, but towards the margin. 



Polyxo septempunetata. 



Tmesisternus septempunctatus, Boisduval, Voy. de 

 FAstrol. ii. 470, pi. ix. fig. 16. 



P. supra fusco-griseo-pubescens ; elytris subcostulatis, 

 guttis septem vel novem pallide ochraceis ornatis. 



Hab. — Dorey. 



Closely covered above with a brownish-gray pubes- 

 cence ; head with six fulvous-rose spots, four in front 

 and one on each cheek, the two upper duller than the 

 others ; prothorax with a narrow raised line anteriorly, 

 closely punctured ; elytra seriate-punctate, the intervals 

 slightly raised, principally at the base, each elytron with 

 three or four very distinct round buff-coloured spots, 

 and one common to both a little behind the middle ; 

 body beneath and legs gray, speckled with pale brown ; 

 antennae reddish-brown, with a grayish pile. 



Length 9 lines. 



