FHYTOPHA(tA from SUMATRA 38a 



the interstices convex, especially so at the sides, pvgidium finely 

 punctured and puljescent ; i)elow black, impunctate, the legs 

 fiavous, i)i'Osternum sul)quadi'ate , one half l)roadei' than long, 

 with a few punctures, the sides with a narrow groove, the 

 posterior margin straight. 



Hah. Pangherang-Pisang , Siboga. 



This very small species may be distinguished from M. niimUioi, 

 Jac. (Novitat. Zoolog., 1894) by the impunctate thorax and the 

 black colour of its upj)er and under side. 



II. Cryptocephalus singularis, n. sp. — Fiavous, the antennae 

 black, thorax impunctate, reddish-fulvous, elytra ver^ finely 

 punctate-stria te , fiavous, two transverse spots at the base and 

 a small one below the middle, black. 



Length 1 74 line. 



Head flilvous or (in one specimen) piceous , Hat , with a few 

 fine punctures, eyes large, angularly notched, clypeus strongly 

 transverse, separated l)y a groove from the face, sparingly punc- 

 tured, labrum and palpi fiavous, antennae scarcely extending to 

 the midtlle of the elytra, black, the third joint scarcely longer 

 than the second , terminal joints thickened , thorax more than 

 twice as l)road as long, much narrowed in front and widened 

 at the middle, the sides Ijut slightly rounded, the surface entirely 

 impunctate, reddish-fulvous, the posterior margin very narrowly 

 Ijlack, finely serrulate, scutellum l^'oad, fiavous, narrowly mar- 

 gined with piceous, elytra very finely punctate-striate, the punc- 

 tures widely placed but distinct to the apex, fiavous, a transverse 

 narrow band at the base, surrounding the scutellum at which 

 place the elytra are raised, and a spot on the shoulders, as well 

 as the lateral margin below the l)ase and the epipleurae as far 

 as the basal lobe, black, another small spot of irregular shape 

 is also placed near the apex, half way between the suturai and 

 lateral margin , the suture is likewise very narrowly ])lack , 

 pygidium nearly impunctate, fiavous, like the rest of the under- 

 side, legs pale fulvous , presternum suljquadrate , rather longer 

 than broad , its Ijasal margin straight , the surface slightly de- 

 pressed, finely transversely rugose. 



Ann. del Mus. Ctv. di St. Nut. Serie 2. a, Vol. XVI (:. Maggio 1896) -.'5 



