2 MARTIN JACOBY 
45, Sastra basalis, n. sp. 
Fulvous; the apical joints of the antennae and the abdomen, 
black; thorax strongly angulate at the sides; elytra almost 
impunctate, purplish black, the basal margin more or less 
fulvous. | 
Length 3 1/, lines. 
Head impunctate, depressed at the vertex, fulvous; the frontal 
tubercles transverse, bounded by a deep transverse groove 
behind; antennae slender , filiform, more than half the length 
of the body, the third joint distinctly longer than the fourth, 
the three or four lower joints fulvous, the others black ; thorax 
narrowly transverse, nearly four times as broad as long, the 
sides with an acute tooth or angle at the middle, all the angles — 
also acutely produced, the surface deeply transversely depressed 
at the sides and in the male insect also in the middle of the 
disc, the latter entirely impunctate, shining, obscure testaceous; 
scutellum pale fulvous, its apex rounded; elytra convex, without 
depressions except below the shoulder at the sides, the surface 
microscopically finely punctured, bluish or ‘purplish black, the 
base narrowly fulvous, this colour sometimes restricted to the 
shoulders only; legs fulvous, the tibiae and tarsi darker; claws 
bifid; abdomen black. 
Hab. New Guinea, Fly River (L. M. D'Albertis). 
46. Sastra metallica, n. sp. 
Elongate, dilated behind, black; abdomen flavous: thorax 
impunctate; elytra closely punctured, metallic greenish cupreous, 
the sides longitudinally sulcate. 
Length 5 lines. 
Head with a deep triangular fovea at the vertex, the frontal 
tubercles strongly raised; the clypeus in shape of a narrow 
transverse ridge; labrum black; maxillary palpi long and slender; 
eyes extremely large and prominent; antennae nearly as long 
