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rax, oblong-ovate, sides slightly oval ; apex subacutely rounded ; above 

 convex ; each elytron with eleven rows of deeply impressed punctures, 

 the first abbreviated, punctures regularly but somewhat distantly 

 placed on the striae ; interspaces smooth and shining, impunctate. 



Genus ^Esernia, Stal, 



Promechus, Chew. 3ISS. 



JEsernia Whitei. 



JE. elongata, convexa, subparallela, metallico-viridis, nitida ; capite (plaga 

 magna frontali excepta), thorace infra, mesocoxis, trochanteribus, femo- 

 ribus infra abdominisque apice, rufo-fulvis; antennis nigro-caeruleis, 

 articulo basali subtus fulvo ; thorace laete viridi-aeneo, apice lateribusque 

 rufo-fulvo marginato ; elytris sat fortiter punctato-striatis, striis apicem 

 versus fere deletis, utroque infra basin transversim sulcato, foveisque 

 nonnullis impresso, metallico-viridi, purpureo-micante, fascia trans- 

 versa vix pone medium utrinque abbreviata fulva. — Long. 7-9 lin. 



Hab. Waigiou, New Guinea. Collected by Mr. Wallace. 



Elongate, subparallel, moderately convex. Head impressed between 

 the eyes with a large triangular fovea; antennae filiform, two-thirds 

 the length of the body. Thorax about a third broader at the base than 

 long, narrowed from base to apex, apical margin concave, sides straight, 

 obliquely nan-owed at the apex ; above smooth and shining, middle 

 of disk with a faint longitudinal line ; along and just within the outer 

 border are placed a number of deep irregular excavations, the surfaces 

 of which are deeply punctured; the green colour of the disk varies 

 greatly in extent in different individuals, in some covering nearly the 

 whole thorax, in others occupying only the centre of the disk, the rest 

 of the surface being rufo-fulvous. Elytra scarcely broader than the 

 base of the thorax, sides subparallel, apex subacutely rounded ; surface 

 of each elytron impressed with eleven rows of punctures, the first 

 abbreviated ; on the basal half the striae are well marked and deeply 

 punctured, on the apical half they become faint, confused, and nearly 

 obsolete. 



Genus Attstkalica, Baly. 

 Subgenus Stethomela. 

 Stethomela ceneipennis. 



S. oblonga, convexa, rufa, nitida ; palpis antennisque flavis, his articulis 

 intermediis nigris ; elytris viridi-aeneis, punctato-striatis, lateribus infra 

 humeros trifoveolatis. — Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Batchian. 



Oblong, convex, shining rufous ; labrum, palpi and antennas yellowish- 

 white, the latter with the fifth and three following joints black ; elytra 

 punctate-striate, bright metallic green. Head shining impimctate ; 

 clypeus separated from the face by a very deeply impressed angular 

 groove, from the apex of which a short deeply grooved line runs upwards 



