472 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1907. 
and more widely oval; head with frontal impressions deeper ; 
prothorax more ampliate and rounded at widest part, border 
thicker and more convex, basal angles obtuse; elytra more widely 
oval, more convex, similarly striate, but the puncturation of the 
striae more distinet, 8® and 9% striae much deeper, also 6'* and 
7 towards apex, 7% and 8'% interstices convexly raised towards 
apex; posterior tarsi not sulcate externally, etc. 
The four species of Lesticus from New Guinea and Australia 
may be tabulated thus: 
Pro-episterna impunctate. (Metathorax on each side and 
met-episterna with only a few punctures. Upper surface 
green.) L. chloronotus Dejean. 
Pro-episterna, also meso- and meta-episterna, and meta- 
sternum on each side, deeply punctate. 
Elytra with 7% and 8'® interstices depressed posteriorly. 
Prothorax lightly rounded at widest part. (Posterior 
tarsi distinetly sulcate externally. Prothorax sub- 
metallic green, elytra blackish-purple.) 
L. nitescens Sloane. 
Elytra with 7% and $'% interstices convex posteriorly. 
Prothorax strongly rounded at widest part. 
Elytra with all striae more deeply impressed 
towards apex. Colour olive-black. 
L. politus Chaudoir. 
Elytra with inner striae not more deeply im- 
pressed towards apex. Colour metallic green, 
prothorax bronzy. (Posterior tarsi not sulcate 
externally.) L. Bennigseni Sloane. 
Tribe Masoreini. 
(renus Aephnidius. 
Aephnidius adeloides Macleay. 
Annulosa Javanica, p. 23, pl. 8, fig. 7. — Masoreus australis Sloane, 
Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, XXIX, 1904, p. 535. 
A single specimen from Gazelle Peninsula which is evidently 
Aephnidius adeloides Macl., and which is conspecific with Masoreus 
australis Sl. Bates reported Ae. adeloides as occurring in Bengal, 
Burma, Cochinchina, Japan, Java and Australia !). 
!) Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov., (2) XII, 1892, p. 404. 
