COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 525 



the front tibiae only slightly compressed, not notably broader than the others, the 

 external margin not carinate nor the sides sulcate, the internal margin distinctly 

 sinuate at the base ; antennal club with the sutures strongly oblique. A constant 

 secondary sexual character is the long fringe on the front tibise of the male. 



Type, Odosyllis gemmata Pasc. 



The other species referable to LojjJiocheinis are 0. ingens Pasc, 0. crucigera Pasc, 

 0. 0])])0sita Fst., and 0. major Heller. 



The six species of true Odosyllis (type, 0. congesta Paso.) described by Pascoe are 

 all small insects (4-9 mm.) of strikingly uniform appearance and having a facies quite 

 distinct from that oi Lophocheirus. 



LOPHOCHEIRUS WOLLASTOM, sp. n. (PI. XXXIX. fig. 3.) 



(J . Multo maxiraus hujus generis, niger, squamis flavo-cinereis ia prothorace sparsim in elytris 

 sat dense vestitus, liis confliienter nigro-maculatis ; rostro versus basin in medio carinato ; 

 funiculi articulis tribus ultimis evidenter transversis ; prothorace m disco levi, granulis paucis 

 in medio exceptis, ad latera granulis nitidis obsito ; elytris elongato-ovatis, apice conjunctim 

 acute productis, in declivitate postica subdeplanatis, interstitiis seriato-granulatis, secando 

 paulo elevatiore, octavo in dimidio apicali non granulato-carinato ; pedibus nigris et nigro- 

 setosis, tarsorum articulis duobus basalibus subtus longe nigro-pubescentibus, articulo tertio 

 subtus ochraceo-spongioso. 



Colour black, the head with fairly dense brown scales above ; the prothorax witli 

 sparse separated light brown scales above, the scaling being much denser along the 

 front margin and on the lower surface ; the elytra with dense yellowish-grey scaling, 

 variegated with large confluent black patches ; the metasternum with fairly dense 

 brown scales at the sides only, the abdomen with sparse brownish setse and only a few 

 scales. 



Head with large subconfiuent punctures, the forehead with a central fovea and with 

 erect dark setse. Bostrum about as long as the prothorax, broadest at the base, thence 

 rapidly narrowing to the insertion of the antennee and almost parallel-sided anteriorly, 

 the basal third opaque, strongly punctate and with a fine central carina, the rest very 

 shiny and with sparse minute punctures. Antennee black, joint 2 of the funiple as 

 long as the next three joints together, 3 longer than broad, 4 as long as broad, 5 to 7 

 distinctly transverse. Prothorax broader than long, broadest at the base, gradually 

 narrowing to beyond the middle, the sides being almost straight, then rapidly 

 constricted and subtubular at the apex ; the upper surface opaque, finely shagreened, 

 evenly covered with isolated and almost circular scales, which become elongated and 

 dense towards the anterior margin, in the centre of the disc seven large shiny granules 

 (each with a setigerous fovea on its anterior face) forming an irregular tiansverse 

 group ; numerous similar granules at the sides, but the rest of the dorsum smooth 

 except for a few irregularly placed granules on the apical area; a narrow bare median 

 line from the base to the middle and a short bare elevation in front of this. Elytra 



