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the elvtra, neuvh" bluck. tlie apical thvee joints wliitisli. hasal 

 Joint extremely long. suddcMily thickened at llie api'v. ^^i-coiid 

 sliort. tliird Joint ihren times longer tliau tlie preceding. Üie 

 Ibllowing joints gradually sliovtened. thrirax: tluxe times broadcr 

 tlian long, the sides rounded before the middle. the angles nitlier 

 oblique, the surlace convex, impunetate, testaceous, elytra greenish- 

 aeneous, deeply depressed below the base, the depression witli 

 a iew punctures. indicating rows. rest of the surtace impunetate. 

 below and the legs testaceous. the tibiae and tarsi piceous. 



Soekaranda, 



Or this species. greatly distinguished by the extraordinary 

 develojjment of the lateral portion of the head. 1 possess a single 

 specimen iVom Sumatra; although allied to C. latifrons Westw. 

 the head, antennae and the underside are of diflerent eoloralidu 

 und the position of the eyes is uuique amongst the whole of the 

 Phytophaga. resembling verv miicli the same orgau^ in thc' L'mbs 

 amongst the Crustacea. The female i,< lujfortiiualely iniknown tu ine. 



Luperomorpha sumbaensis sp. n. 



Black, shining. the anterior legs more or less piceous or 

 fulvous. thorax impunetate. elytra extremely niiiuitcly ])uncfürcd. 



Length I> mill. 



Head black, impunetate, the frontal tubercles small, trans- 

 verse, clypeus swollen with a highly raised central ridge, an- 

 tennae long and robust, black. the lower three joints dark iulvous. 

 second and third joints very small. subeqiial. fourth very elon- 

 gate, the intermediate Joints widened. thorax scarcely onc half 

 broader than long, the sides siraight. the anterior angles thickened. 

 the posterior ones obliquely rcamded. the surlace impunetate, black. 

 shining, scutellum broad. elytra extremely lincly and somewhal 

 closely punctured, shining. black. 



Sund)a Island. 



Closely allied to /.. Iririulis Weise from China and eutirely 

 resembling it in its eoloration, bat llie iipper surlace 1> not 



Ötett. cnlomol, Zeil. lÜ'M. 



