430 R. OSTEN SACKEN 



Laphria sp. One cT. Mt. Singalang, Sumatra, July 1878 

 (Beccari). 



Wlalra occulta v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. 1872, Tab. X, 

 f. 12! (Salwatti, "Waigiou, N. Guinea). 



Two 9. Fly River, New Guinea, 1876-77 (L. M. D'Albertù), 

 and Mansinam, N. Guin. (Coll. Bruijn, 1875). 



These specimens agree best with M."" v. d. Wulp's description 

 and figure, although the latter , representing perhaps a male, 

 is a little less broad. But I have two other specimens ( c/' $ , 

 Ramoi, N. Guinea, Beccavi, Febr. 1875), the exact counterparts 

 of which I hafve also seen among M.^ v. d. Wulp's types of 

 M. occulta, but which, nevertheless show some differences. The 

 humeral silvery spots have the shape of a comma, the pointed 

 end of which nearly reaches a silvery spot on the thoracic su- 

 ture; but, in accordance with M.^ v. d. Wulp's description, the 

 specimen, which I take for typicaL has the humeral spot dou- 

 ble, that is, cut in two by a more or less distinct dark line ; 

 it is continued posteriorly, towards the suture, in the shape of an 

 opaque, brownish stripe, without silvery lustre ; ( « de schouder- 

 vlekken hebben van achteren een bruinen weerschijn, die zich 

 streepvormig tot aan den dwarsnaad voortzet » ). The dark por- 

 tion of the wings of the two specimens from Ramoi is much 

 darker, the hyaline portion less yellowish, than in the speci- 

 mens from Fly River and Mansinam. For this reason I am in 

 doubt about the specific identity of these specimens. 



Wlaira elysiaca n. sp. ^. Ground color greenish-coppery, but 

 almost concealed under a dense, closely appressed rufous pube- 

 scence ; legs with long rufous hair. Long. corp. 28 mm. 



There is very little to be added to the diagnosis. The ground- 

 color of the body including the legs is a greenish-bronze color, 

 with coppery reflections ; but this color is very much modified 

 on the thoracic dorsum and the abdomen by a dense , short , 

 closely appressed rufous pubescence. Those parts of the body 

 which, in other species are whitish-hoary (humeri, face, pleurae, 



