NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 231 



first third of the elytra, first six joints light fulvous, the rest 

 piceous. Thorax more than t^Yice as broad as long, transversely- 

 convex , the anterior angles produced outwards , the sides acu- 

 tely angulate behind the middle, behind the latter obliquely 

 cut; surface rather distantly punctured, the punctuation more 

 strongly impressed at the sides than at the disk. Scutellum 

 ovate, impunctate. Elytra slightly wider at the base than the 

 thorax, narrowed towards the apex, distinctly and strongly ge- 

 minate punctate-striate anteriorly , simply punctate-striate be- 

 low the middle, the interstices from the latter place to the 

 apex, strongly convex, near the lateral margin the costae are 

 nearly entire. Underside greenish piceous; legs entirely fulvous. 

 Celebes , Kandari , March (0. Beccari). 



55. Stetl^otes Ibasalis, n. sp. 



Ovate, convex, bluish black below. Five basal joints of an- 

 tennae fulvous. Thorax finely and closely punctured, violaceous 

 blue. Elytra regularly punctate-striate, violaceous blue , a trans- 

 verse basal band, fulvous. 



Length 3 Y2 lines. 



Head very swollen at the vertex, the latter divided at its 

 lower portion by a deep longitudinal groove, very closely lon- 

 gitudinally strigose. Episteme more shining blue, not longer 

 than broad, finely punctured. Antennae extending to the base 

 of the thorax, rather slender with the exception of the basal 

 joint which is swollen; 5 lower joints fulvous, the rest black. 

 Thorax slightly broader than long, narrowed in front, the sides 

 greatly dellexed, lateral margins straight, anterior angles pro- 

 duced , anterior and posterior margins widened towards the 

 middle, surface very finely punctured at the disk, more strongly 

 and closely at the sides. Scutellum blue. Elytra much wider at 

 the base than the thorax, greatly narrowed at the apex stron- 

 gly and regularly punctate-striate; the fulvous basal band oc- 

 cupying one third of their length . its posterior margin rounded 

 but narrowed near the suture , rest of the elytra as well as the 



