534 ME. K. G. BLAIE ON COLEOPTEEA 



PART IV. By K. G. Blair, B.Sc, F.E.S* 



[Received Tebruai-y 26, 19U ; Eead March 17, 1914.] 



t e n e b r i n i d ^. 

 Mesomorphus villiger. 



Opatrum villiger Blanch. Voy. Pole Sud, iv. 1853, p. 15 1-, pi. x. fig. 15. 

 Launch Camp, Setakwa River; 1. 



This species, oriojinally described from Raffles Bay, N. Australia, is widely distri- 

 buted throughout the tropics of the Old World. 



GONOCEPHALUM OCHTHEBIOIDES. 



Gonocephalum ochthehioides Fauv. Bull. Soc. Linn. Norm. 1862, p. 145, pi. x. figs. 24 & 25. 



Mimika River ; 1 . 



The species was originally described from New Caledonia, but is also represented 

 in the British Museum by specimens from the Trobriand Islands, Gilolo, Batchian, 

 and New Langenburg. 



Ceropria papuana, sp. n. 

 Eioiigato-ovalis, uitida, nigra, elytris purpureis : C. indutce Wied. simiiis, prothorace minus 

 transverse, basi magis angustato, in lateribus purpureo-micante; elytris purpureis, viridi- 

 micantibus baud irideis, epipleuris piceis, striis subtiliter punctatis, intervallis vix convexis ; 

 corpore subtus cum pedibus piceo. Maris tibiis auterioribus et intermediis medio intus 

 subemarginatis, apicem adversus denticulatis. 

 Long. 9 mm., lat. 4^ mm. 



Mimika River ; 3. {Includmcj the type of the species.) 



This species resembles the widely distributed C. induta Wied., from which it may 

 readily be distinguished by its narrower prothorax, which is markedly, though not 

 strongly, constricted behind, by the less evident and more finely punctured striae, and 

 by the less lively play of colours on the elytra; These are more nitid than in C. mduta, 

 the prevailing colour being purple with strong green reflexions towards the base and 

 apex, but without the iridescent humeral and subapical patches of that species. 



G. papuana is widely distributed throughout the New Guinea region, being repre- 

 sented in the British Museum Collection by specimens from Morti, Gilolo, Ternate, 

 Batchian, Obi I., Amboina, Goram, Matabello, Dinner I., Waigiu, Dorei, and S.E. 

 New Guinea — also Alu, Shortland I., Solomon Group. 



* [The complete account of the new species described in this communication appears here, but since some 

 of the names and preliminary diagnoses were published in the ' Abstract,' No. 130, 1914, these species are 

 distinguished by the names being underlined. — Editor.] 



