PHYTOPIIAGA FROM SUMATRA 453 



tarsi .scaiT(>ly longer than the second one, prosternum strongl}' 

 transverse and short, metasternuni strongly punctured, anterior 

 coxal cavities ojien. 



Hah. Sumatra (my collection). 



Closely allied to E. aeneipennis, Baly but with differently co- 

 loured underside and legs and tlie eh trai interstices not convex, 

 tlie apex also fulvous. 



'.»8. Argopistes flavicornis, n. sp. — Fulvous, the thorax and 

 the breast black, thf^ former finely and rather closely punctured, 

 elytra finely punctate-striate, black , a large oval patch on the 

 disc and the apical margin, fulvous. 



Lengtli 1-1 1/2 line. 



Head fulvous, impunctate, the frontal elevations only indicated 

 in the shape of two very narrow oblique ridges above the an- 

 tennae , clypeus triangularly raised , fulvous as well as the la- 

 brum , palpi slender, antennae very closely approached at the 

 base, fulvous, scarcely extending to the l)ase of the thorax, the 

 basal joint very long and slender, the second one short, thickened, 

 the following four joints very small, nearly ec[ual, the terminal 

 five joints much thickened, forming an elongate club, thorax 

 twice as broad as long, strongly widened at the middle, nar- 

 rowed in front, the sides nearly straight, the anterior angles 

 slightly thickened, posterior margin strongly sinuate at the sides, 

 the surface finely and rather closely punctured, l)lack, scutellum 

 small, black, elytra closely and distinctly punctate-striate, under- 

 side and legs fulvous , breast black , posterior femora strongly 

 incrassate, tibiae l)road and flattened, subprismatic, the first joint 

 of the posterior tarsi slightly longer than the second one, pro- 

 sternum narrowly transverse, mesosternum not visible, the an- 

 terior coxal cavities open. 



Hab. Pangherang-Pisang. 



The two specimens before me vary greatly in size but not 

 in any other essential point, they have the appearance of a 

 small species of Coccinelln like the other representatives of the 

 genus and almost the same coloration as .4. hiplagiatm, Motsch. 

 and A. iìisìilaris, .Tac. Imt the punctuation of the elytra differs 



