NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 51 



thin, slender, half the length of the body, third and fourth joints 

 equal, the second of half the length; thorax more than 3 times 

 as broad as long, the sides flattened and strongly rounded, sur- 

 face with several irregular depressions , totally impunctate ; scu- 

 telluui triangular ; elytra widened posteriorly without basal de- 

 pression, narrowly margined, very minutely punctured; tibiae 

 longitudinally channelled, the metatarsus of the hinder ones as 

 long as the 2 following joints together; coxal cavities open. 



Celebes, Kandari July (0. Beccari). 



A single specimen. 



Ditfering from any other species of the genus by its uniform 

 pale testaceous colour, the flattened margin of the thorax which 

 resembles that of a species of Oedionychis, and its impunctate 

 surface, in connection with its size. 



43. Splxaei'oclei'iMJX a/bdominalis, n. sp. 



Rotundate-ovate , black ; antennae , legs and abdomen Havous ; 

 thorax impunctate; elytra finely semipunctate-striate, black, ex- 

 treme apex Havous, 



Length 1 line. 



Head entirely impunctate , very obsoletely transversely grooved 

 between the eyes ; the frontal tubercles forming a slightly raised 

 broad space; antennae flavous, extending to one third the length 

 of the elytra, distinctly thickened at the terminal joints, the 

 third and fourth of equal length ; thorax transversely convex , 

 more than twice as broad as long, the posterior margin di- 

 stinctly produced at the middle ; sides straight ; surface entirely 

 impunctate; scutellum small, triangular; elytra convex, very 

 finely punctured when seen under a strong lens, black, shining, 

 the extreme apex narrowly tlavous; legs and abdomen of the 

 s:ime colour. 



Sumatra, i\It. Singalang, .July (0. Beccari). 



8. apicalls Baly , is a closely allied species but differs in the 

 fulvous head and thorax and black underside. 



