STETHOMELA MARGINATA. 



NOTE n. 



TWO NEW SPECIES OF MALAYAN PHYTOPHAGOUS 

 COLEQPTERA 



DESCRIBED BY 



MARTIN JACOBY. 



1. Stethomela marginata^ n. sp. 



Oblong , subquadrate , testaceous. Apical joints of the 

 antennae and the abdomen, black. Elytra strongly punc- 

 tate-striate , dark violaceous, the extreme lateral margin 

 testaceous. — Length 4 lines. 



Head impunctate, shining, testaceous. Antennae slen- 

 der, filiform, two thirds the length of the body, the third 

 joint the longest, 5 lower joints testaceous below, the 

 rest black. Thorax transverse, anterior margin semicircu- 

 lar, posterior one sinuate at each side and accompanied 

 by a row of deep punctures , sides straight at the base , 

 rounded towards the apex, surface entirely impunctate, 

 testaceous, obscurely stained with longitudinal fuscous mark- 

 ings. Scutellum testaceous. Elytra distinctly punctate- 

 striate , the apex impunctate , shoulders bounded within 

 by a longitudinal groove. The extreme basal and lateral 

 margin testaceous, this colour gradually narrowed towards 

 the posterior portion of the elytral margin. Legs and breast 

 testaceous. Abdomen black. Claws simple. 



Hab. Aru Islands (v. Rosenberg). 



Notes from the Ley den Mitiseum, Vol. "VI. 



