500 MARTIN JACOBY 



vertex, palpi robust, antennae rather short ( 9 ) I^^'Vcjus, tlie first 

 joint slender, curved, the second very small , the third as long 

 as the first joint, terminal joints shorter, thorax transverse, three 

 times l)roader than long, the anterior margin concave, posterior 

 one parallel to the other, the sides nearly straight, the anterior 

 angles oldique, the surface impunctate, fulvous, scutellum elon- 

 gate, black, elytra flavous, with a slight purplish gloss, closely 

 and finely })unctured, their sides and the epipleurae at the middle 

 black, as well as the extreme suturai margin, the metatarsus of 

 the posterior legs elongate. 



Ilah. Sumatra (my collection). 



This species, of which only a single, apparently female spe- 

 cimen is contained in my collection, ditfers entirely in its system 

 of coloration , notably the black scutellum, from the few other 

 species of the genus. 



IG^i. Solenia robusta, n. sp. — Black, the head, thorax and 

 the anterior femora fulvous, thorax extremely minutely punc- 

 tured, the anterior angles dentiform, elytra metallic dark blue, 

 finely punctate-striate. 



Length "è lines. 



Of ovate, convex shape, the head impunctate, deeply grooved 

 between the eyes, the frontal tubercles strongly raised, trans- 

 verse, palpi incrassate , piceous, antennae scarcely extending to 

 the middle of the elytra, ))lack, the second joint very short, the 

 third , one half shorter than the fourth joint , terminal joints 

 elongate and slender, thorax twice as broad as long, rather 

 convex , the sides with a narrow margin , rounded before the 

 middle, the anterior angles produced into a tooth, the posterior 

 margin with a very short perpendicular notch at each side, the 

 surface scarcely perceptibly punctured, the ])unctures only visible 

 under a strong lens, scutellum fulvous, elytra convex, very finely 

 punctured in closely approached, somewhat irregular rows, the 

 extreme apex nearly impunctate, underside and legs black, finely 

 clothed with yellow pubescence, the anterior femora llilvous. 



ilnb. Padang, also Perak. 



In the specimens from Perak, contained in my collection, the 



