'l-}0 MAKTIX .lACOHV 



(■»7. Sphaerometopa obsoleta, n. sp. - iilack, tcnninal Joinl of 

 the antennae whitisli, thorax extremely finely punctured, elytra 

 oi)Soletely jninctate .•md tinoly wrinkled, fulvous, the lateral 

 margin and ;i small spot attached to it Ijelow the shouhlers , 

 l)lack. 



Length 2 ^4 lines. 



Of oldong and convex shape, the he;id imjiunctate or nearly 

 so, deeply transversely grooved between the eyes, the frontal 

 tubercles narrowly transverse, clypeus broad , lower portion of 

 face more or less fulvous, palpi incrassate, antennae short, lilack, 

 the apical joint yellowish-white , third joint twice as long as 

 the second one , following joints gradually widened , terminal 

 joint more elongate, thorax ver^'. short and transverse, of usual 

 shape, widened at the middle, the sides nearly straight, the an- 

 terior angles obli(juely thickened, the surface extremely minutely 

 punctured , black (sometimes stained with fulvous) scutellum 

 elongate, piceous, elytra fulvous, the i)unctuation extremely tine 

 and obsolete, the interstices uneven or finely wrinkled, the la- 

 teral margin narrowly black, with a (sometimes obsolete) sm;ill 

 spot near the middle, underside and legs black. 



ilab. Pangherang-Pisang. 



A'ery closely allied to S. 4-pHncl(ita, Jac. from Borneo but 

 without the spots; the lateral one excepted, nnd principally dif- 

 fering in the obsolete and extremely fine elytral punctuation 

 which in S. 4-punclala is very distinct, tlie antennae in that 

 species also have the 1o\v(M' three joints fulvous. Of the genus 

 Sphaeroiiielopd , distinguished by the short and dilated antennae, 

 the narrow and transversely shaped thorax in connection with 

 the open cotyloid cavities, there are now nearly a dozend species 

 know, of two others, from the neighbouring islands of Borneo 

 and .lava contained in my collection I give here The descriptions. 



(•(S. Sphaerometopa nigropicta, n. sp. — Fulvous, antennae black, 

 the apical joinl yellow, head and thorax fulvous, finely and 

 closely ])iinctured, elytra more strongly and very closely j)iuic- 

 tured , 'obscure testaceous, the mai-gins and four sj^ots place(l 

 transversely below the middle, black. 



