192 MIOLISPA SUMATRANA. 



Allied to M. exarata Desbr. but distinguished by the 

 head being narrower, as long as broad , indistinctly chan- 

 nelled above , the antennae being shorter , with the me- 

 dian joints broader, the prothorax broader, more regularly 

 rounded at the sides, the colour a little different and the 

 band of whitish scales at the sides is wanting. 



Miolispa elegans, n. sp. 



Q. Nigra, antennis brunneis, singulo elytris linea basali 

 mediana , macula pone medium apiceque rubro-ferrugineis ; 

 capite latiore quam longiore, angulis posticis prominulis, 

 rotundatis , subauriculatis , supra sulcato et punctato ; rostro 

 basi brevi , trisulcato , parte autica longiore , cylindrica ; 

 antennarura articulis 4° — 8° transversis, rectangularibus , 

 9° et 10° majoribus, apicali elongato-conico ; prothorace 

 oblongo-ovato , tertio apicali constricto , supra sulcato , 

 rugoso-punctato , punctis squamosis ; elytris prope suturam 

 et lateribus foveolato-sulcatis , in disco subclathratis. 



Long. 11 mill. 



Hab. Sumatra occid. (Solok). — A single specimen cap- 

 tured by Mr. Vorstman at an elevation of 5000 feet , and 

 presented to the collections of the Leyden Museum by 

 Mr. W. Albarda. 



Head broader than long , with the posterior angles pro- 

 minent, rounded, the base is notched in the middle and 

 at the sides ; convex , furrowed and punctured above. Basal 

 portion of the rostrum as long as the head, scaled, with 

 three furrows , the median furrow is prolonged up to the 

 base of the apical portion but it is narrower between the 

 antennae; the apical portion is longer, subcylindrical, 

 hardly broader at the apex. Antennae club-shaped, perfo- 

 liate, the median joints are transverse, the 9th as long as 

 broad with the sides hardly curved ; the lO^li joint is of 

 the same shape as the preceding one but slightly shorter; 

 the apical one is elougato-conical, a third longer than the 

 preceding one. 



Prothorax oblongo-ovate , a little constricted at the apical 



ISTotes from the Leyden JMuseuxn, Vol. XVI. 



