INSECT FAUNA. 



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Head transverse, finely and sparingly pubescent, with a few punctures on 

 the disc; the median line distinct. Antennae with the third joint rather 

 longer than the first, the succeeding joints slightly decreasing in length. 

 Prothorax longer than broad, less narrowed in front than behind, sub- 

 cyUndrical, rather strongly and closely punctured, the punctures less strong 

 anteriorly, clothed with "very fine pubescence and scattered seta?. Scutellum 

 triangular, very small. Elytra elongate-ovate, the punctuation strong and 

 moderately dense near the" base, gradually effaced posteriorly, clothed with 

 very fine gray pubescence near the suture and at the sides, with four rows 

 of 'long erect seta; which emanate from punctures, and are separated by 

 considerable intervals; each elytron with three longitudinal elevations on 

 the basal half, of which the first only is conspicuous. Legs moderately 

 long, finely pubescent ; the femora thickened. Length 10 mm. 



Summit of Mount Ledgbird (2,500 feet). 



This is a very pretty and distinct species ; its habit is particularly striknig 

 from the fact that the' pale- coloured seta? are shown up with unusual clear- 

 ness against the dark pigment of the elytra. 



SOMATIDIA CAPILLOSA, sp. nOV. 



Elongate, moderately convex, narrowed both in front and behind, fuscous, 

 strongly setose ; elytra strongly punctured near the base, obscurely punc- 

 tured posteriorly; antenna; fuscous, the basal, and two-thirds of joints 2 — 11, 

 reddish testaceous. 



Head transverse, finely and obscurely punctured, clothed with fine gray 

 pubescence and scattered seta). Antenna) moderately long, the third joint 

 about as long as the first, the fourth, a little longer than the third, the succeed- 

 ing joints slightly decreasing in length. Prothorax rather broader than long, 

 less 'narrowed in front than behind, rather finely and closely punctured, the 

 punctures rather closer at the sides than on the disc, clothed with fine gray 

 pubescence and scattered seta). Scutellum very small, triangular. Elytra 

 elongate-ovate, the punctuation rather strong and moderately close near the 

 I'ase, less close and somewhat obscured posteriorly, thickly clothed with fine 

 gray pubescence, and rather closely covered with rows of long testaceous 

 setffi, which emanate from punctures. Legs moderately long, finely pubes- 

 cent ; the femora thickened ; the bases of the tibia) and the tarsi inclining to 

 reddish testaceous. Length 5i— G| mm. 



SOJIATIDIA AEAIfEA, Sp. UOV. 



Elongate, convex, narrowed both in front and behind ; head and prothorax 

 ferruginous, the latter densely and strongly punctured ; elytra piceous, tinged 

 "With bronze-green, strongly and densely punctured; antenna'- and legs pale 

 testaceous. 



Head very finely pubescent, with a few scattered punctures. Antennje 

 with the tips of joints 4—10 fuscous. Prothorax a little broader than long, 

 rather more narrowed behind than in front, densely punctured. Elytra 

 pvate, rather short, the punctuation strong and dense on the basal two thirds, 

 inclined to rugosity, less dense posteriorly, where they tend to range them- 

 selves in rows ; the apex smooth T,oo-s moderately lonff : the femora 

 thickened. Length 4 mm. 



A single specimen. In habit 

 ^omntidia ptinoidns, Bates. 



*Mo]S'OHA"Mjnjs FiSTTTLATOH, Germ. 

 ^onohammiis fistulator, Grerm., Ins. Spec. Nov., 1824, p. 478. 



Widely distributed in the Eastern Archipelago, ranging 

 Australia. 



Legs moderately long ; 



this species approaches the New Zealand 



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from Java to 



