NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 75 



72. Maiiobia, Ibastilis, u. sp. 



Breast piceous; head thorax, 2 basal joints of the antennae 

 and abdomen fulvous; elytra obsoletely punctate-striate , fulvous, 

 the base dark piceous. 



Length 1 y., line. 



Head impunctate; antennae black, the 2 basal joints fulvous, 

 the last joint testaceous, the proceeding five distinctly widened ; 

 thorax one half broader than long, of the same shape and struc- 

 ture as AL nigripennis basal groove strongly sinuate but feebly 

 marked, not extending quite to the sides; surface entirely im- 

 punctate, fulvous; elytra as in the other species, the base strongly 

 raised bounded below by a deep depression, the punctured striae 

 distinct o;;'}^ within this depression and at the sides, almost 

 obliterated below the middle , fulvous , a ijasal transverse dark 

 piceous or nearly black band narrowed at the suture extends to 

 about one third the length of the elytra but to the middle at 

 the lateral margin ; legs black, the knees fulvous as well as the 

 abdomen. 



Sumatra, Mt. Singalang (0. Beccari). 



A single specimen. Easily separated by the broader terminal 

 joints of the antennae and the general colouration. 



l'è. Manolbia. fulvieollis, n. sp. 



Ovate, subquadrate; ijlack; head and thorax fulvous; antennae 

 and legs testaceous; thorax impunctate, basilar sulcation deep; 

 elytra depressed below the base , i-egularly and distinctly punc- 

 tate-striate. 



Length 1 line. 



Smaller than M. Jiigripermis, the head and structure of the 

 antennae as in that species , the latter however entirely testa- 

 ceous; thorax rather more transverse than in the proceeding 

 species, otherwise of same shape; the basilar sulcation deep, 

 sinuate and extending nearly to the sides, the middle also marked 

 by a more or less distinct fovea; elytra with the base scarcely 

 raised also less deej)ly 1)ut yet distinctly depressed below the 



