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3 preceding together (7); shorter in the female; thorax nearly 
squareshaped, the angles obtuse, surface strongly but not clo- 
sely punctured, except at the sides; scutellum triangular, black; 
elytra as strongly but more closely punctured than the thorax, 
the punctuation here and there arranged in closely approached 
semiregular rows, the interstices transversely rugose; elytral 
epipleurae continued to the apices; tibiae unarmed; claws ap- 
pendiculate ; anterior coxal cavities open. 
Hab. New Guinea, Hatam, July (Beccari). 
Although the species described here resembles but little the 
other representatives of the present genus, I am not able to 
find any structural characters of importance to justify the esta- 
blishment of another genus for its reception. In general appea- 
rance C. semipurpurea resembles a species of the genus 7heopea 
with which it has also the shape and pubescence of the an- 
tennae in common (a character strange to the other species of 
Cneorane). 
The differences between the 2 specimens betore me and 
which I take to be sexual, are rather well marked; in the one 
the second and third joints of the antennae are short and very 
nearly equal, in the other the latter joint is distinctly longer 
than the preceding; in this specimen the sides of the thorax 
are also more distinctly rounded before the middle than is the 
case in the other insect, and the base and apices of the femora 
as well as the anterior tibiae and the entire lower part of the 
face, is testaceous; it is however probable that should other 
species be discovered having the same generic characters and 
the pubescent antennae in common, that a special genus for 
their reception will be found necessary. 
33. Metellus (Neocharis, Jac.) laevipennis, n. sp. 
Piceous; head fulvous; antennae, the femora above, the tibiae 
and tarsi, testaceous; thorax piceous with 2 impressions; elytra 
nearly impunctate, fulvous, a broad transverse basal band and 
the apices, obscure greenish black. 
