On neio Coleoptera from British New Guinea. 11 



II. — Vescriptions of nexo Coleoptera of the FamiJjj Cetoniida3 

 from British Neio Guinea. By Oliver E. Janson, 

 "F.E.S. 



The (voleoptera recently broii,2,]it home by Mr. A. Pratt and 

 his son from British New Guinea mainly consisted of a very 

 fine series of Cetoniida?, which I have been fortunate in 

 obtaining. The collection was made on the ascent of the 

 Owen Stanley range between Ekeikei (1500 feet) and Mafalu 

 (8000 feet), chiefly in the vicinity of the village of Babooni, 

 at an elevation of about 3600 feet. Besides the novelties 

 now described the collection also contained the following- 

 species : — Ischiopsopha gagatina^ Hell. ; Lomaptera lince, 

 Gest., Annce, Hell., satanas. Hell., iridescens, Hell., fulvi- 

 cornis, Hell. ; Mgcterophallus viridaluy Kz. ; and several 

 others at present undetermined. Prof. Dr. Heller has kindly 

 verified the determination of several species for me by a 

 comparison with his types in the Dresden Museum. 



MoROKiA, gen. nov. 



Gen. Lomapierai affiiie. Corpus robustum, ovatum, vaklo convexum, 

 Clypeus profuude iucisus, lateribus elevatis. Thorax lateribus 

 regulariter rotundatis, marginatis. Scutellum lobo postico 

 thoracis baud obtectum, apice acuminatum. Elytra profuude 

 punctato-sulcata. Pygidium transversum, depressum. Meso- 

 sterni processus valde productus, oblique directus, apice compressus, 

 obtusus. Pedes breves, tibiis auticis in utroque sexu bidentatis. 



Morokia Meeki, sp. n. 



Nigra, nitida, capitc punctato, prothorace lateribus crebre puuctato ; 



elytris in dorso profunda sex-sulcatis, sulcis catenato-puuctatis, 



apice conjunctim rotundatis. 

 Long. 35-38 mm. ; lat. 10-21 mm. 



J . Abdomine longitudinaliter sulcato, pygidio subter vix imprcsso. 

 5 . Pj'gidio subter late profundc impresso. 



British New Guinea, Morok {A. S. Anthony) ; Upper 

 Aroa River [A. S. Meek) ; Babooni {A. E. Pratt). 



Of an ovate form, the body convex and strongly arched 

 above, the thorax and head being much depressed, deep shiny 

 black. Head not very closely punctured, slightly convex in 

 the centre, side margins of the cly[)eus raised. Thorax 



