126 [Nnvomber, 



SlSTENOPHOEUS MACULATUS, sp. 11. 



Testaceo-ferrugineus, convexus, nitidus, puhescens ; thorace miculis 



trihus, scufello, ehjtrisque maculis rotundutis octo, nir/ris. 



Long. 4 lin., lat. 3i lin. 



Head sub-rotundate, not very convex, with fine punctures not thickly scattered 

 over the surface ; eyes moderately large, but not prominent ; antennse with the 5th 

 joint scarcely as broad as long, the Oth to 10th joints very gradually a little shorter 

 and stouter. Thorax distinctly broader than the head, very convex, finely and 

 moderately thickly punctured, one-fifth broader than long, very gently narrowed in 

 front, entirely rounded behind, finely margined, the anterior angles a little less than 

 right angles ; a discoidal spot and a smaller spot on each side black. Elytra twice 

 as broad as the thorax, about as long as broad, very convex and ample, broadest across 

 the middle, gently rounded at the sides and apex ; each elytron arched and gently 

 sinuous at the base, with four rather lai-ge round black spots, one humeral, one mar- 

 ginal, and two near the suture. 



Head and thorax sub-retractile. 



Hah. : Philippine Islands. Brit. Mus. 



SlSTRNOPHOETJS B0WRI]VGir, SJ). tl. 



Fulvo-testaceus, nitidus, longe puhescens. 



Long. 2 lin., lat. If lin. 



Head not thickly, and very finely, punctured. Thorax very convex, extremely 

 finely and not thickly punctured, very slightly narrowed in front, entirely rounded 

 and margined behind, anterior angles a little less than right angles, blunted. Elytra 

 very convex, nearly circular in outline, slightly truncate at their base, each elytron 

 arched at its base, with the surface moderately thickly and very distinctly punctured. 



Hah. : Penang (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus. 



British Museum : September 6th, 1876. 



DESCEIPTIONS OF HITHEETO UNCHAEACTERIZED PHYTOPHAGA. 



BY JOSEPH S. BALT, F.L.S. 



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ram. HISPID^. 



CaLLISPA ELEGAlSrS. 



Ohlongo-ovata, suhdrpressa, riifo-fulva, nitida, antennis nigris ; 

 elgtris sat fortiter punctato-striutis, striis apicem versus tenuiter j^unct- 

 atis ; plagd magna Icete cyaned, partem dimidiam posticam fere am- 

 plectente, ornatis. Long. 2 lin. 



Ilab. : Sumatra, Pulo Penang. 



Antennse half the length of the body, entirely black. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long, sides straight and parallel iu the ^ , slightly ^nverging from base to apex in 



