PHYTOPIIAGA FROM SUMATRA 4^)7 



following joints together, claws appendiculate , anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



Hab. Pangherang-Pisang. 



From all other species contained in this gonus, the present 

 one is at once distinguished by the costate elytra ; the femalo 

 does not ditler except in the structure of the head whicli is 

 simple. 



io9. Syoplia pygidialis, n. sp. — Elongate, parallel, llavous, 

 the head and the pygidium black, thorax minutely granulate and 

 punctured, elytra pubescent, deejdy punctate-striate , Ihe inter- 

 stices closely longitudinally costate. 



Length 2 V2 lines. 



Plead broader than long, black, the vertex impunctate, frontal 

 tubercles narrowly trigonate, clypeus broad and flat anteriorly, 

 extending upwards into an elongate point between the antennae, 

 eyes very large, labrum and palpi flavous, the latter incrassate, 

 antennae closely approached at the base, flavous, the first joint 

 extremely long, the second very short, following joints elongate 

 and slender, terminal joints broken off, thorax transverse, of 

 equal width, the sides slightly widened and rounded at the 

 middle, the surface with an obsolete depression near the anterior 

 margin, minutely granulate and very finely and irregularly punc- 

 tured, flavous, scutellum broadly trigonate, elytra rather convex 

 and parallel, deeply and strongly punctate-striate, the interstices 

 strongly longitudinally costate and clothed with flavous rather 

 long pubescence , apex of the elytra rather truncate , their epi- 

 jileurae extremely narrow , pygidium black , legs slender , the 

 tibiae with a spine, the first joint of the posterior tarsi, nearly 

 half the length of the tibiae, claws ajipendiculate, anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



Hab. Si-Rambé. 



From the only other known species of Stjoplia the present 

 one may be at once known by the black head and pygidium; 

 the pubescent and costate elytra in connection with the long- 

 metatarsus of the posterior legs are the principal characters of 

 distinction in this genus. 



Ann. del Mus. Civ. di St. Nat. Serie 2.", Vol. XVI (11 Maggio 1896) 32 



