PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM NEW (HJINKA A89 



before the middle, the disc rather strongly and closely i)unctu 

 red, elytra narrowed towards the apex, finely . punctate-striate, 

 the interstices sparingly and minutely punctured, breast and 

 abdomen black, legs violaceous, the posterior metatarsus very 

 elongate, lialf tlie length of the tibia. 



Ighibirei. 



Larger than P. Wallacei Baly and P. nicjripes Jac. from 

 New Guinea, the thorax much more strongly punctured and the 

 antennae longer, the posterior femora are very deeply longitu- 

 dinally sulcate below and the sulcus is of fulvous coloration. 



25. 01i«etociieiii.a Lorise, sp. n. 



Subquadrate, black, the antennae and legs fiavous, the femora 

 and apex of the posterior tibiae black, head impunctate, thorax 

 transverse, nearly impunctate, elytra very strongly and regu- 

 larly punctate -striate. 



Length 2 millim. 



Of shining, black colour, the head impunctate, with the ex- 

 ception of a single puncture above the eyes, clypeus broad, 

 labrum flavous, antennae extending beyond the middle of the 

 elytra, slender, second joint thickened, scarcely or very slightly 

 shorter than the third, terminal joint very elongate and pointed, 

 slightly darker, all the other joints flavous, thorax strongly 

 transverse, rather more than twice as broad as long, the sides 

 feebly rounded, narrowly margined, the disc rather convex, ex- 

 tremely finely punctured, only seen under a strong lens, the 

 posterior margin accompanied by a deeper row of punctures, 

 slightly produced at the middle, scutellum ovate; elytra convex, 

 without basal depression, broad, gradually narrowed towards the 

 apex, with strong, round and deep punctures, arranged in re- 

 gular rows, including the first, short, subsuturai row, the in- 

 terstices flat, with the exception of the last two which are con- 

 vex, the punctures much finer at the extreme apex, all the 

 femora and the apex of the posterior tibiae from its emargina- 



