PHYTOPHAGA FROM SUMATRA /»/| I 



indistinct, cai'inn broad and flat, clyiieiis not raised, clothod with 

 somo [)ul)esconco. lai)rnm fulvous, palpi paloi" , eyes widely se- 

 parated, large, antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, 

 fulvous, the apical joints fuscous, the third and tbllovving joints 

 nearly equal, rather thick, pubescent, terminal joint more elon- 

 gate, pointed, thorax twice as broad as long, the sides straight, 

 the anterior angles oblique, the basal margin truncately pro- 

 duced at the middle , not accompanied by a transverse groove 

 or line, the surface finely but not very closely punctured , the 

 int(^rstices mimitely granulate, scutelluni narrowly transverse, 

 elytra not depressed 1)elow the jjase. strongly aud very regularly 

 punctate-striate , the punctures closely placed, the interstices 

 strongly longitudinally costate and very finely punctured, under- 

 side and legs dark brown, impunctate, posterior tibiae with a 

 strong tooth, tarsi more or less flavous. 



I fab. Pangherang-Pisang. 



A compai'atively large-sized species, which may be separated 

 by tlie entirely impunctate head, the cost;ite and finely punctured 

 elytral interstices and the fulvous underside and legs, the colour 

 of the upper surface also differs from so many other species of 

 the genus in having no metallic gloss. 



82. Chaefocnema tenimberensis, Jac — The species described 

 by me under the above name in " Novit. Zoolog, " 181)4, Vol. 1, 

 ought, I think , to find its place in Crepidodera near C. costi- 

 pemm, Baly to which it seems closely allied. It has also been 

 obtained by Dr. Modigliani at Pangherang-Pisang. 



8:^. Chaetocnema placida, n. sp. — Dark bronze-coloured, the 

 i)asal joints of the antennae and the legs fulvous, head closely 

 punctured and finely granulate, thorax strongly and suliremotely 

 punctured, with a central basal smooth space, elytra deeply 

 l)unctate-striate, the interstices smooth, posterior femora stiiined 

 .with aeneous. 



Length ^j^ line. 



Of subquadrate, posteriorly distinctly narrowed shape, the head 

 finely granulate, rather strongly and closely punctured, with a 

 more or less well marked central longitudinal smooth si)ace . 



