GONOPIIORA. 1U!> 



Lahrum (fig. l\h) antice incrassatum, declive. 



Mandibuhe (fig. lie) trigon;r, apiece dentatte. 



Palpi maxUlares (fig. 11 d) articulo primo parvo, diiobus sequciitibus 

 sequalibus, obconicis, ultimo clongato, ovato, acuto ; labial es 

 (fig. lie) articulo primo parvo, obconico, secimdo subclavato, 

 ultimo ovato, apiee acuto. 



Mentum (fig. 11/) pentagonum, apice acutum, lateribiis constrictum ; 

 lir/ida oblonga, set/mento apicali pauUo dilatato, apice emargi- 

 nato. 



Caput antice tuberculis duobus (his antennae articulata? sunt) creta 

 elcvata divisis instructum ; ocuJis oblongo-ovatis, postice emar- 

 ginatis. 



Thora.v transverso-quadratus, lateribus propc medium angulatis, an- 

 tice plerumque valde emarginatis, apice sa?pe cylindricus. 



Scutellam subtrigonum, apice obtuse truneatum. 



Elytra oblonga vel elongata, postice saspe paullo ampliata et obtuse 

 angulata, apice rotundata. 



Pedes mediocres, modice robusti ; tarsis latis, ungue bre^T. 



Co}pus elongatum vel oblongo-elongatura, dorso subcomplanatum. 

 (T}i3e, Gonopthora Jicenion-hoidalis, Fabr.) 



A. Antennte basi et apice attenuatae. 

 - 1. Gonophora Wallacei, n. sp. 



G. elongata, subdepressa, supra rufa ; capite, thoracis margine late- 

 I'ali, vittaque central!, scutelloque nigris; subtus nigra, nitida ; 

 femoribus auticis basi flavis ; thorace transverse -quadrato, late- 

 libus paullo rotundatis, apice emarginatis ; eh'tris costatis, inter- 

 spatiis bifariam punctatis, interspatio secundo a sutura basi con- 

 fuse punctato. 



Lo]ig. 4 lin, 



G. elongate, subdepressed, shining red above ; head, lateral margin of 

 thorax, a longitudinal stripe down its middle, and the seutellum, 

 black. Head shining black ; face with a small fulvous patch 

 below the insertion of the antenna ; third joint of the latter 

 equal in length to the fourth and fifth. Thorax transverse-qua- 

 drate, slightly narrowed from the base to the apex ; sides nearly 

 straight behind, slightly rounded and narrowed before the middle, 

 their apex deeply notched, anterior and posterior angles acute, 

 the latter slightly produced ; above subconvex, deeply and trans- 

 versely excavated just in front of the base ; surface rugose- 

 punctate ; the lateral border and a longitudinal hue do^^al the 

 centre of the disc shining black, the anterior two-thirds of the lon- 

 gitudinal line elevated and deeply grooved above. Seutellum shining- 

 black, impunctate. Elytra rather broader at tlieir base than the 

 thorax ; sides slightly dilated, indistinctly rounded ; apex obtuse ; 

 above subdepressed, moderately convex on the sides, dilated margin 



