"8-9mm. Body in short oval, slightly enlarged to the second third of the elytra, shiny black with metallic reflections. Elytra with 10 strong streaks, finely punctuated, barely erased at the base; interstries clearly convex, with more points marked and tighter.

Adio cave near Poya, Mts Koghi, Col d'Amieu, Hienghene. "

R.PAULIAN, op.cit.

Kwa Neie (Forêt Nord), north base, 22°19'Sx166°55'E, 20-21.xi.2001, G.B. Monteith, QM (Monteith, 2002); Pic du Grand Kaori, 22°17'Sx166°54'E, xi.2001-i.2002, G.B. Monteith, QM (Monteith, 2002); Pic du Pin, 22°15'Sx166°49'E, xi.2001-i.2002, G.B. Monteith, QM (Monteith, 2002).