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towards the apices; their epipleurae continued below the middle; 
the first joint of the posterior tarsi much longer than the three 
following joints together; the posterior tibiae armed with a 
spine ; the anterior coxal cavities open. 
Hab. New Guinea, Fly River (L. M. D'Albertis). 
38. Microlepta celebensis, n. sp. 
Fulvous; joints of the antennae piceous at the apices; thorax 
and elytra impunctate, the latter fulvous at the base, black at 
their posterior two thirds. 
Length 3 lines. 
Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles very obsolete, narrow 
and transverse; palpi slender, filiform; antennae as long as the 
body in the male, pale fulvous, the apices of the joints fuscous, 
the third joint distinctly shorter than the fourth and following 
joints, thorax about one half broader than long, subquadrate , 
somewhat convex, the anterior margin straight, the posterior 
one, rounded, the angles obtusely rounded, surface impunctate, 
fulvous ; scutellum of the same colour, broad, its apex rounded; 
elytra with a very narrowly raised basal margin, piceous or 
black, with a narrow transverse fulvous band at the base scar- 
cely occupying the anterior third of their length; the elytral 
epipleurae broad anteriorly, continued to the apex; legs slender, 
the apices of the femora, together with the tibiae and tarsi, 
piceous ; tibiae mucronate; the first joint of the posterior tarsi 
rather longer than the three following joints together; claws 
appendiculate ; anterior coxal cavities open. 
Hab. Celebes, Kandari (0. Beccari). 
The thorax in this species is less transversely shaped than 
in M. coeruleipennis and its posterior margin is more rounded. 
39. Nicea bifasciata, n. sp. 
Black or piceous; thorax and elytra nearly impunctate, the 
latter testaceous, a transverse broad band at the middle and 
another at the apices, dark violaceous blue. 
