HETEROMERA, MALACODERMATA, ETC. 



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mesosternum deeply excavate ; metasternum almost impiinctate, except for a 

 border of large punctures behind the intermediate coxae, with a deep, rather 

 sinuate, transverse sulcus on each side in front of the posterior coxae. 

 Abdomen very finely and sparsely punctulate, the anterior border of each of 

 the first four segments with a row of large punctures or foveae, those on the first 

 segment continued as a border to the intercoxal process, those on the fourth 

 segment smaller and more widely spaced than those on the others. Legs nitid, 

 finely punctulate ; first joint of posterior tarsi as long as the two following 

 together, the claw joint longer than the rest together. 



Sexual characters not evident. 



Long. 5 mm. ; lat. 2.5 mm. 



Upolu : Apia, xi.1924, 1 example (Type). 



Savaii : Safune, lO.v.1924, 1 example (Bryan). 



(Paratype in Bishop Museum, Honolulu.) 



Owing to its short broad form, the species described above recalls a 

 Platydema rather than a Chariotheca. The two specimens before me differ in 

 colour, that from Upolu having the elytra viridiaeneous, while in the example 

 from Savaii they are cupreoviolaceous ; probably in a longer series the colour 

 would be found to vary indefinitely. 



20. Menandris aenea Haag. 



Journ. Mus. Godeffr., v, p. 131, pi. 7, fig. 20, 1879. 



Upolu : Malololelei, 2000 ft., 14-30.vi.1924. 

 Tutuila : Pago Pago, 9.ix.l923 (Swezey and Wilder). 



Originally described from a specimen from Upolu, and since recorded by 

 Herr Gebien (Coll. Rechinger) from Ovalau, Fiji. 



The two specimens before me differ rather considerably, that from Tutuila 

 agreeing with a cotype from the Mus. Godeffr. better than that from Upolu. 

 The latter, a §, is larger and stouter, with the head and thorax brown, scarcely 

 aeneous, and finely and rather obscurely punctate ; the front of the head is not 

 at all flattened. In the Tutuila specimen, a the head over a large triangular 

 area is distinctly flattened, and rather coarsely and closely punctured. It is 

 quite possible that these differences are sexual. 



In the Bates Collection in the British Museum, there are two specimens 

 labelled " North Australia, Darnel." One of these bears the label " Menandris 



