502 MR. GILBERT J. ARROW ON GOLEOPTERA 



Kaupiolus COMPERGUS. 



Passalus compergus Boisd. Voyage de 1' Astrolabe, Col. 1833, p. 244. 

 Mimika Eiver ; 2. 



PSEUDEPISPHENUS PERPLEXUS. 

 Pseudepisphenus perplexus Gravely, Mem. Ind. Mus. iii. 4, 1914, jj. 327, fig. 8 a. 



Utakwa Valley, 4000-6000 ft. ; 2. 



One specimen is larger and relatively broader than the type, but apparently con- 

 specific. 



L u c A M D ^. 

 Metopodontus bison. 

 Lucanus bison Oliv. Eat. i. 1, 1789, p. 13, pi. iii. fig. 6. 

 Metopodontus limbatus Waterli. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xix. 1887, p. 381. 



Mimika River ; 1 ? . 



Mr. Waterhouse has restricted the name M. bison to the form with red-spotted femora, 

 which appears to be confined to the islands of Ceram and Amboina, and has described 

 as 31. limbatus the form in which the legs are entirely black, and which is the most 

 generally distributed variety, inhabiting New Guinea, the Aruand Kei Islands, Yule I., 

 Cornwallis I., and numerous other localities. The colour of the legs is not constant, 

 however — the red colour disappearing by imperceptible stages. The locality of the 

 type is unknown, but Olivier described the legs and lower surface as black. His 

 artist has represented the tibiis as yellow, wdiich they never are. 



The form from Alu, Shortland L, Solomon Group, called M. cinctus Montrouzier 

 by Mr. Waterhouse, differs chiefly by tireless sharp lateral angulation of the pronotum. 

 Whether it is really the same as Montrouzier's form can only be determined by com- 

 parison with specimens from the original locality, Woodlark I. 



CyCLOMMATUS MAEGARITiE. 



Cyclommatus marc/arike Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, ix. 1877, p. 324. 

 Mimika Eiver ; 1 S . 



EuRYTEACHELUS EGREGIUS. 



Eurytrachelus egregius Moll. Soc. Ent. xii. 1897, p. 146. 

 Mimika River ; 1 ? . 



DORCUS MEEKI. 



Borcus meeki Boil. Le Naturaliste, xxviii. 190G, p. 92. 

 Utakwa River ; 1 d' . 



