70 MIOLISPA CRUCIATA. 



guishable from the new one by its body being more elongate 

 and by its prothorax which is less enlarged at the sides 

 and perfectly smooth above. 



Miolispa borneensis , n. sp. 



Ferrugineo-rufa , parum nitida , capite , rostro , antennis 

 brunnescentibus , prothoracis margine antico , elytrorum 

 interstitio sutiirali brunneo-nigris. 



Capite angiisto , subquadrato, basi in medio fortiter — late- 

 ribus levius impresso , supra convexo , vertice laevi. Rostro 

 gracili , metarostro trisulcato , breviore quam capite ; prorostro 

 longiore , sulcata usque ad medium, apice ampliato. Anten- 

 nis gracilibus , clavatis , articulis medianis transversis, breviter 

 subobconicis , apicalibus majoribus , 9° et 10° tarn latis quam 

 longis , lateribus curvatis , apicali elongato conico. 



Prothorace subbre%n , antice angustato , lateribus posticis 

 rotundato-ampliato , dorso convexo, sparsim punctulato. 



Elytris basi leviter emarginatis , humeris paidlo elevafis , 

 lateribus a medio usque ad apicem gradatim angustatis , 

 apice breviter marginato-rotundatis ; supra punctato-sulcatis , 

 sulco P aegre angustiore quam 2°, impunctato , cceteris 

 punctatis , interstitio suturali angusto, parum convexo, 

 sequentibus convexis , fere aequalibus. 



Corpore infra rubro-brunneo^ nitido^ metasterno abdomine- 

 que basi medio iynpressis. — Long. 6 — T'/g mm. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Type in my private collection. 



Belongs to the group of M. pygmaea Senna and M. 

 sycophanta Senna (though the head is nearly square) and 

 is allied to M. lineata Senna from Java, of which the 

 present is certainly the representative at Borneo. 1 have 

 distinguished it in consideration of the following characters 

 taken after a careful examination of two specimens (males) 

 equal in size. In M. borneensis the head is slightly 

 shorter with the vertex not channelled; the median joints 

 of the antennae, especially the 7^^ and 8^^ , have the sides 



ZVotes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XX. 



