COLLECTED IIN" DITTCH NEW GUINEA. 519 



externis quam internis duplo longioribus : funiculi articulo primo et secuacTo subaequalibus, 



septimo longitudine latitudiiii sequali ; prothorace noa latiore quam longiore, lateribus 



regulai'iter rotundato, ad latera et ad basin sparsim granulate, in medio subsulcato, sulco 



utrinque granulate, areis discoidalibus granulis tribus aut quatuor liueatim oblique positis 



tantum obsitis ; elytris regulariter foveatis, interstitiis 2 et 6 omnino, 4 in parte basali, 



5 in parte ajjicali, granulis nitidis praeditis, margine basali denticulate non transversim 



granulato. 



Colour dull black, the whole upper and lower surfaces covered fairly closely with 



small upright red-brown scales, which vary considerably in length ; the side-pieces of 



the mesosternum and the base of the metasternal episternum densely covered with 



dull orange scaling. 



Head dull, with shallow reticulate punctation, the forehead with a broad central 

 furrow and a faint impression above each eye, the vertex suddenly elevated above the 

 level of the forehead, bare and shiny, its anterior margin forming a regular curve. 

 nostrum with the antennse inserted at about one-third from the apex, with four 

 furrows at the base separated by three narrow carinas, the outer furrows about twice 

 as long as the inner ones. AntenncB with the two basal joints of the funicle subequal, 

 joints 3 to 7 gradually diminishing in length, the last about as long as broad, the club 

 broadest beyond the middle. Prothorace strongly convex longitudinally, as long as 

 bi'oad, the sides regularly rounded from base to apex, broadest in front of the middle ; 

 the upper surface smooth and opaque, with a broad shallow central farrow and a 

 single, rather irregular, row of small tubercles on each side of it ; beyond these, 

 a smooth discal space bearing only a short row of 3 or 4 similar tubercles, running 

 obliquely from behind the middle forwards ; the entire sides and base set with 

 tubercles ; every tubercle bears at its base an extra large scale, equal in length to the 

 height of the tubercle. Elytra suboblong, the sides subparallel till near the apex, 

 which is jointly rounded, the basal margin broader than that of the prothorax, 

 denticulated and without a transverse row of granules ; the whole surface with regular 

 rows of large reticulate fove?e, the interspaces in the rows being almost as broad as the 

 intervals between the rows ; intervals 2, 4, 5, and (5 with rows of small shiny tubercles, 

 those on 2 and 6 complete, that on 4 reaching from the base to the top of the 

 declivity, that on 5 extending backwards from about the middle, the lateral intervals 

 Avith complete rows of smaller dull granules. Legs with rather sparse brown scales, 

 which are recumbent on the femora and erect on the tibiae, the posterior femora 

 extending slightly beyond the elytra, the tibise not carinate. 

 Length 7-|, width 3j mm. 

 MimikaEiver; 1 <s . {Ti/_pe of the species.) 

 Described from a single specimen. 



Very close to 31. gemmatus Fst. (Stett. Ent. Zeit. 189S, p. 158), which it resembles 

 in the uniform colouring of the upperside and general sculpture, but in that species 



