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sul)jpct to variation, for, although always deep and conlluont at 

 the sides, the punctures are iiiuch more closely }>laced in some 

 s})ecimens than in others, the head is either sparingly or more 

 closely punctured, the first four joints of the antennae are ful- 

 vous, the basal joint is metallic above, the elytra are rather 

 strongly punctate-striate and the interstices at the sides are 

 more or less convex ; in a specimen in my collection and named 

 by Lefèvre the abdomen is black as this author has described it, 

 but in other specimens it is more or less greenish-aeneous. Baly 

 has placed this species in Nodostoma where it cannot remain on 

 account of the structure of the lower margin of the thorax 

 which is convex. Specimens were obtained at Pangherang-Pisang 

 by Dr. Modigliani. 



45. Cleorina malayana, n. sp. — Below black, above metallic 

 dark blue, Imsal joints of the antennae fulvous, thorax remotely 

 punctured at the disc, strongly at the sides, elytra deeply punc- 

 tate-striate, the interstices at the sides costate. 



Length I V4 line. 



Head remotely but rather strongly punctured, the extreme 

 vertex strigose punctate, palpi fulvous, antennae slender, extend- 

 ing nearly to the middle of the elytra, black, the lower four 

 joints fulvous, the basal one stained with black above, third and 

 fourth joints equal, terminal ones slightly incrassate, thorax at 

 least twice as 1)road as long, convex, tiie sides straight, the 

 posterior margin broadly rounded and slightly produced at the 

 middle , the disc ver}" remotely punctured , the punctures at 

 the sides very deep and closely placed, the anterior margin ac- 

 companied by a narrow and punctured transverse sulcus, scu- 

 tellum slightly broader than long, impunctate, elytra with the 

 shoulders rather prominent, distinctly transversely depressed 

 below the base, xerx deeply punctate-striate, the two or three 

 interstices at the sides, costate, legs black as well as the under- 

 side. 



Hab. Pangherang-Pisang. 



This Cleorina is closely allied to C. Lefèvrei, Jac. but differs 

 from this and the other species described by the remote punc- 



