68 MARTIN JACOBY 
Var. a. Head and thorax obscure fulvous. 
Var. b. Head thorax, and legs testaceous, the transverse cen- 
tral elytral band reduced to a large spot. 
Length 4 lines. | 
Head with a few fine punctures, the frontal tubercles trigo- 
nate, bounded behind by a deep transverse groove; upper part 
of the head black, lower part testaceous; labrum piceous; an- 
tennae slender, filiform, the third joint shorter than the fourth, 
the apical joints gradually decreasmg in length; thorax more 
than twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, the 
lateral margin almost entirely obsolete anteriorly, the dise with 
a broad and deep transverse depression, extending to the sides, 
impunctate ; scutellum broad its apex obtusely rounded; elytra 
scarcely visibly punctured, testaceous, a broad purplish violaceous 
band is placed at the middle and another much narrower one 
at the apex of each elytron, these bands are connected at the 
lateral margin by a narrow stripe; below and the legs blackish 
or piceous, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the 
three following joints together; claws bifid; anterior coxal 
cavities open. } 
Hab. New Guinea, Andai (L. M. D'Albertis). 
One of the specimens before me is probably immature on 
account of the pale colour of the head and thorax; the -species 
differs from the three others described by Baly in the coloura- 
tion of the elytra which have two bands instead of one. 
In Var. d. which was obtained at the same place and time, 
the insect, with the exception of the black breast, is of a testa- 
ceous colour and the elytral band is abbreviated at each end. ° 
The antennae in the two specimens before me are unfortunately 
broken off, but as I cannot see any differences whatever, except 
in regard to colour, I have no doubt that these specimens re- 
present but one species. i x 
40, Nicea basalis, n. sp. 
Fulvous; antennae piceous, the apical joint fulvous, head and 
thorax impunctate , the disc of the latter deeply transversely 
