the Coleopterous Family Erotylidm. (11) 387 



Antennae with a compressed 3-jointed club, 4th joint slightly 

 dilate, frontal suture distinct, lateral margins elevated, visible 

 behind the eyes ; head and thorax finely and sparingly punctate, 

 the latter a little longer than broad, sides rounded, base coarctate, 

 striolse short, straight, intermediate space hardly punctate, basal 

 lobe large. 



Languria coarctata, sp. n. 



L. papuensi structura simillima, sed minor, thorace paulo 

 breviore, basi punctis niajoribus impresso, capite nigro, elytrisque 

 fortius punctato-striatis, interstitiis seriatim punctatis. L. 4 lin. 



Macassar (Wallace). 



Languria nigrocyanea, sp. n. 



Elongata, postice angustata, tota nigrocyanea, elytris punctato- 

 striatis interstitiis sublsevibus. L. 4^ lin. 



Tonda. 



Antennae with an abrupt 4-jointed club, the last joint large 

 and rounded, frontal suture distinct, head not very strongly punc- 

 tate ; eyes extremely finely granulated, thorax clearly longer than 

 broad, convex in front, with a double punctuation, the fine punc- 

 tures rather obsolete, basal striae short, the interval with a few 

 deep punctures. 



Languria menadensis, sp. n. 



Elongata, postice acuminata, Isete ferruginea, antennis (basi 

 excepta) geniculisque nigris, elytris viridibus, punctato-striatis 

 interstitiis subseriatim punctatis. L. 3 lin. 



Meaado (Wallace). 



Antennae with a distinct 4-jointed club, frontal suture distinct, 

 clypeus broad, sparsely punctate, head sparingly punctate ; thorax 

 very obsoletely punctate, longer than broad, convex in front, co- 

 arctate behind, basal impression impunctate, striolae well marked; 

 scutellum reddish, elytra margined at the base. 



Languria barbara, sp. n. 



Elongata, rufa, nitida, antennarum clava geniculisque nigris, 

 elytris cyaneis punctato-striatis, interstitiis sublsevibus. L. 3 J Tin. 



Macassar (Wallace). 



Antennae with a rather lax 3-jointed club, the 8th joint slightly 

 dilated, 3rd not longer than the 4th; frontal suture visible, sides 

 margined, head strongly punctate; thorax a little longer than 

 broad, disc coai'sely, sides obsoletely punctate, base coarctate, the 

 striolse well marked, diverging, the intermediate space covered 

 with deep coarse punctures. 



