new or little known Cetouiid*. 249 



covering the scutelliim, slightly emargiuate at its apex, the disc 

 very finely and remotely punctured, the sides with coarser 

 punctures. 



Elytra very finely and remotely punctured, the sides with 

 distinct transverse impressions along the lateral emargination, and 

 transversely strigose posteriorly ; the shoulders with a distinct 

 tubercle, usiially black, the apex of each separately rounded. 



Pygidinni coarsely strigose, the centre produced into an acute 

 transverse ridge. 



Beneath finely strigose here and there, penultimate segment of 

 the abdomen deeply punctured, the apical segment transversely 

 strigose ; mesosternal process long, shghtly ciu-ved ; legs strigose 

 and punctiued, anterior tibiae with three long acute lateral teetli, 

 intermediate and posterior tibia3 imarmed. 



Cape York, N.E. Austraha. 



Closely allied to L. wallisiana, Thorns., but differs in its much 

 broader form, darker colour, and in. the shape of the thorax, 

 which, in icallisiana is regularly rounded at the sides from the 

 base. 



I have adopted the name proposed for it by Mr, Thomson, 

 who has kindly compared it with his type of loallisiana, and 

 pointed out to me the characters which separate it from that 

 species. 



Lomaptera nicoharica, n, sp, 



L. late ovata, convexa, nigra, nitidissima ; elytris lateribus 

 punctatis, apice acuminatis. Long. 25-27, lat. 14-15 mm. 



Deep black, very shining, elytra slightly metallic. 



Head longitudinally depressed and coarsely punctured on 

 each side, the centre and margins finely punctured, base smooth ; 

 anterior points of the clypeus j^roduced and somewhat acute, 

 the emargination deep and triangular. 



Thorax convex, anterior margin slightly produced over the 

 head, posterior lobe broad, nearly covering the scutellum, sides 

 somewhat prominent in the middle, disc smooth, coarsely but 

 sparsely punctured at the sides, the lateral margins slightly 

 elevated. 



Scutellum impressed at the apex and aciite. 

 Elytra convex, here and there shghtly depressed, the disc 

 smooth and very shining, the sides with scattered punctures at 



