from British New Oainea. 17 



little sinuous. Legs strigose aud punctured; femora fringed 

 with long grej pubescence. In the female the pygidium is 

 more produced and impressed on each side underneath, the 

 fifth abdominal segment is more strongly punctured and 

 pubescent, and the anterior tibise have a di:3tinct subapical 

 tooth which is not present in the male. 



A small series of this pretty species was contained in 

 Mr. Pratt^s collection ; in coloration it would seem to most 

 nearly resemble L. macrophylla^ Gest., a species only known 

 to me by description ; but the antennal club is of normal size 

 in both sexes. In some specimens the elytra present rows of 

 small dark punctiform spots and a greenish mark on the 

 apical callosities. 



Lomaptera cupriceps, sp. n. 



^nea vel viridi-metallica, iridescens ; clypco igiieo-cupreo, apice 

 rufo-piceo ; elytris omnino transverse aciculatis ; pygidio couico, 

 supra non carinato ; pedibus rufo-piceis, femoribus intermediis 

 posticisque cupreis. J $ . 



Long. 20-21 mm. 



Upper Aroa River, British New Guinea [A. S. Meek). 



Very like L. pygmcea, Kz,, but with the clypeus more 

 sparsely punctured, bright coppery red, and piceous towards 

 the apex ; the thorax more broadly rounded at the sides and 

 more punctured on the disk ; the elytra more finely aciculated 

 and with the apical sutural angles in the male acute and a 

 little more produced, and the mesosternal process rather 

 smaller and less curved. The pygidium is nearly smooth and 

 without any longitudinal carina on the upper side ; in the 

 female it is slightly laterally compressed and more pointed at 

 the apex than in the male. The legs are reddish or piceous, 

 with the four posterior femora coppery. 



In L. pygmcea, of which I have a series from Goldie 

 River, the female has a strong saw-tooth-shaped keel on the 

 upper side of the pygidium. 



Trichmilax sericea. 



sp. 



Nigra, nitida, prothorace sericeo-subopaca ; elytris trisulcatis, sulcis 



marginibusque flavo-pilosis. J $ . 

 Long. 33-3o mm. 



Babooni, British New Guinea {A. E. Pratt). 

 Very similar to T. Macleayi, Kz., but of a narrower form, 

 Ann, (& Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. VuL xvi. 2 



