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fifth exterior stria, and the differently shaped blackish design 

 of the elytra which is best shown by the figure (Plate 1, fig. 3). 

 In C. flexuosus F. the design consists only of a narrow inter- 

 rupted band representing the remaining posterior border of the 

 reduced band of C. philippinus. 



Desera 15 (Dendrocellus) schultzei sp. nov. 



Desera gestroi Bates 16 affinis, capite prothoraceque nigro- 

 cyaneis, oris partibus antennisque, his articulo primo dimidiato, 

 nigro, excepto, ferrugineis; elytris nigris, ut capite prothora- 

 ceque subtiliter ochraceo-pubescentibus, femoribus tibiisque totis 

 aterrimis, tarsis subruf escentibus ; capite genis oculorum dia- 

 metro dimidiato longitudine vix aequalibus; prothorace densis- 

 sime ac transverse confluenter punctato, sulco mediano distincto ; 

 elytris vix olivascentibus, postrorsum ampliatis, apice angulo 

 externo dentato, striis in dimidia parte basali fortiter, reliquis 

 obsoletius punctatis, interstitiis basin versus convexioribus, 

 fortiter crebreque punctatis. Long. 10.5, lat. elytror. 3.5 mm. 



Luzon, Rizal Province, Montalban Gorge (W. SchuLtze). 



Key to Indo-Australian species of Desera. 



1 (12). Femora predominantly yellow or reddish yellow, sometimes black 



on apex. 



2 (11). Tibiae predominantly yellow or reddish yellow. 



3 (6). Apical margin of elytra with a sharp edge on the outside. 



India Or., Java, Japan, etc D. geniculata Klug. 



4 (5). Elytra slightly dilated toward apex. Java. 



5 (4). Elytra parallel. Sumatr 



6 (3) . Apical margin of elytra obtuse angulate on outer edge. 



7 (10). Prothorax with more-rounded sides than in unidentata. 



8 (9). Color light green D- smaragdina Chaud. 



9 (8). Color olivaceous - *>• teraatensis Chaud. 



(7). Prothorax cylindrical with parallel sides in anterior third. Nepal, 



Calcutta, Burma *>• nepalensis Hope. 



1 (2). Tibiae black, femora yellow, black on apex. India Or. 



D. longicollis Dej. 



2 (1). Femora blackish, greenish or bluish black, at most the base 



yellowish. 



3 (18). Tibia black. 



4 (17). El; 



"Leach, The Coleopterist's Manual, London, Part 2 (.1838) 97 and 105, 

 has priority over Schmidt Gobel's name Dendrocellus. 



Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova < 



