NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTEKA 37 



Length 2 lines. 



Head with a deep transverse groove between the eyes ; apex 

 of jaws black; antennae closely approached, robust, the first 

 joint long and curved, thickened at its apex, fulvous or piceous 

 as well as the 2 following joints, the others black, short, moni- 

 liform, each joint with a stiff bristle like hair at its base, ter- 

 minal joint pale testaceous or fulvous ; thorax transverse , more 

 than twice as broad as long, the sides rounded and narrowly 

 margined, surface rather convex, impunctate, shining; elytra 

 rather narrowed towards the apex , the disk slightly flattened , 

 each elytron with about 8 deeply impressed rows of punctures, 

 of which the first 3 rows are abbreviated at the base as well 

 as at the apex; basal half of the elytra fulvous, the rest black; 

 sides with a narrow margin; underside and legs testaceous; 

 base of the tibiae more or less piceous , the latter flattened and 

 triangularly widened; claws appendiculate. 



Borneo, Sarawak (coll. J. Doria and 0. Beccari). 



The three specimens contained in the collection are apparently 

 all females; the species differs from the 3 others described by 

 M.^ Westwood and Chapuis, by the structure of the antennae 

 which have their first joint only of elongate shape, the rest 

 being all short, and by the triangularly widened and flattened 

 tibiae; all other characters however agree with Chaloemis of 

 wich I have the type specimens before me, and I look upon 

 the differences noticed above as specific only. The present species 

 is at once recognized by the colour of the elytra and the struc- 

 ture of the tibiae. 



24. Cliaetoeiiema Allbei'tisi, n. sji. 



Greenish or brownish aeneous, base of antennae, tibiae and 

 tarsi fulvous; thorax very finely and closely punctured; elytra 

 deeply punctate-striate. 



Length 1 line. 



Head extremely finely but not very closely punctured with 

 a transverse groove between the eyes; episteme strongly and 



