402 On new -S^pec/e^ q/" Cypliogastra. 



Cijphogastra suffusa, sp. n. 



Capite thoraceque cj-aneo-nigris ; elytris evidenter puuctatis, 

 purpureo-eupreis, ad basin senco sufFusis, vittis brevibus et apice 

 cyaneis ; corpore subtus seneo, griseo-pulverulento. 



Long. 25-29, lat. 8-0 mm. 



Hab. S.E. New Guinea. 



Head with a deep triangular impression in front^ occu- 

 ])ying nearly the Avhole width between the eyes, gradually 

 narrowed to the vertex. Thorax with scarcely any trace 

 of punctuation on the disk, strongly punctured at the 

 sides ; the lateral anterior angulation very obtuse, not 

 projecting, the sides behind this parallel, the posterior 

 angles not projecting. The central channel not very deep, 

 impunctate. The lateral impression is deep (filled with 

 yellow powder) consisting of two confluent portions (some- 

 what as in cyanipes, apicaUs, &c.), the anterior portion 

 transverse, the posterior part vertical, leaving a raised area 

 at the posterior angle, the anterior angle of which is acute 

 and projecting obliquely into the impression. There are 

 the usual anterior impressions, one at the anterior angle and 

 the other between this and the raised disk. The elytra 

 are scarcely wider behind the middle than at the base, 

 narrowed to the apex, where they are only very slightly 

 compressed, denticulate, the sutural tooth scarcely more 

 prominent than the others. The general colour is not very 

 bright coppery, becoming darker and slightly more purple 

 towards the apex, the basal area suff'used with an obscure 

 brassy shade; the region near the scutellum cyaneous with 

 coppery punctures. The extreme base has three short 

 cyaneous costae, the one nearest to the scutellum the longest. 

 The under side is brownish aineous, sparingly clothed with 

 greyish-yellow powder, which leaves the middle of the 

 abdomen and some lateral spots smooth and shining. Legs 

 cyaneous above, brownish-seneous below. 



This may be placed near C. cyanipes, Kerrem., from which 

 it differs in colour, in having the lateral angulation of the 

 thorax more obtuse and less prominent. The punctuation 

 of the elytra is much less strong throughout and is very 

 delicate posteriorly. The elytra in C. cyanipes (type) do not 

 show the three short cyaneous costae at the base as in this 

 species. The colour below is the same. 



