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tures on the elytra are indistinct and confined to a small space 

 on the middle of the basal portion of each; while in the male 

 the anterior or retuse part of the thorax, bears shallow, large 

 but incomplete punctures, and the punctuation of the elytra 

 covers a more considerable portion of the surface. 



The discovery of this interesting insect is due to Signor L. M. 

 D'Albertis, who found it at Hatam in New Guinea in July 1872. 



