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aiignlate before tlie middle, from there to the base slightly narrowed, the ^nigles 

 acute but not produced, the surface with a trausverse, obliijue and rather deep 

 depression at the sides, and a longitudinal posteriorly widened sulcus at the middle, 

 strongly and rather closely ])unctured, shining ; scutelluni longer tlian broad, 

 puliescent ; elytra convex, very tinely, closely and evenly )]unctured, clothed with 

 rather long but thin whitish [lubescence; tibiae fuscous, first joint of the posterioi' 

 tarsi as long as the following two joints, claws bitid, anterior coxal cavities ojieii. 



Hoi). Martapura (S.K. Borneo). 



The obtusely angulate thorax, the fine elytral punctuation, and I he slight mctallir 

 gloss of the elytra will help to distinguish this species. 



Sastra bicostata sp. no\. 



Obscure testaceous, the antennae, tibiae and tarsi black, thorax deei)ly liifoveolate, 

 rugosely punctured, the sides angulate, elytra metallic greenish, the sides purplish, 

 finely pubescent and closely punclured. the sides with two longituilinal costae. 



Length 41 lines. 



Of posteriorly widened shape, the head testaceous rugose at the vertex, frontal 

 tubercles strongly raised, trigonate, eyes large, clypeus deflexed, swollen, testaceous, 

 palpi slender, antennae extending beyond the middle of the elytra, black, the basal 

 joint testaceou.s, third joint twice as long as the fourth joint ; thorax scarcely twice as 

 broad as long, obscure fulvous, the sides angulate before the middle, the disc with a 

 deep lateral fovea and a longitudinal groove at the midiUe, rather strongly rugosely 

 punctured, anterior angles tuberculiform ; scutellum bi'oad, testaceous ; elvtra rather 

 flattened, narrowed near the base, obscurely depressed below the latter, the surface 

 very closely, tinely. and somewhat rugosely punctured, clotlied with thin greyisli 

 pubescence, the sides with a short costa at the middle and another from the slioulder 

 nearly to the apex, the .space in front of the outside costa jierpeudicularly deflexed ; 

 elytral epipleurae fulvous, abdomen and the tibiae and tarsi blackish ; first joint of 

 the posterior tarsi as long as the following Ihn'i' joints together. 



Hah. Andai (New Guinea). 



Closely allied to S. codcUipennis .Jac. l)ut differing in the rugose surface of the 

 thorax, and in having two instead of three elytral costae. which are not joined, but 

 run parallel to each other, the inner one commencing a little before the middli', and 

 neither extending ijuite to the ajiex. 



Galerucella amboinensis >p. nov. 



Pale fuscous or testaceous, finely sericeous, the intermediate joints of the 

 antennae black, thorax transverse, finely punctured, obsoletely depressed laterally, 

 elytra clothed with silkv pubescence, each elytron witli a short costa at the liase. 



Length 3 lines. 



Of nearly parallel shape, the head scarcely perceptibly liiunci un-il. the frontal 

 tubercles and the carina distinct, antennae slender, extending beyond tlie middle 

 of the elytra, the basal two and the apical fom- joints pale fulvous, the others black. 

 the third joint more than twice the length of the second, but shorter than the fourth 

 joint; tliorax twice as liroad as long, the sides nearly straight, subaugulate before the 

 middle, tlie disc finely pubescent, with a shallow depression at each side; elytra 

 densely clotlied with fine sericeous yellowish pubescence, very obsoletely longitu- 

 dinally sulcate, with a short costa at the middle of the base; the first joint of the 



