212 HOMELEA VARIABILIS. 



Homelea variabilis^ n. sp. 



Pale fulvous below ; above black , shining ; lower part 

 of the face and the antennae testaceous ; thorax scarcely 

 visibly, elytra closely and distinctly punctured. — Length 

 2—3 lines. 



var. a. Thorax with a black spot at the base , elytra with 

 5 spots (2.2.1). — Moeara Laboe (Sum. Exp.). 



var. h. Entirely fulvous. — Soepajang and Alahan pand- 

 jang (Sum. Exp.). 



Head impunctate , with a central rounded fovea between 

 the eyes ; frontal tubercles absent ; epistome triangular ; 

 labrum transverse, testaceous; antennae about half the 

 length of the body , testaceous ; thorax of equal width , 

 the anterior margin deeply concave, the sides straight; 

 anterior angles slightly thickened and obtusely rounded, 

 fulvous; surface impunctate in the male, impressed with 

 a few fine punctures in the female; elytra obsoletely trans- 

 versely depressed below the base, very distinctly and clo- 

 sely punctured; black, shining; entire underside and the 

 legs fulvous or testaceous. 



I can find no other differences in the varieties but those 

 of colour and have considered therefore all the specimens 

 to represent the same species. 



Gulerttcin€B. 



Aulacophora cornuta , Baly. 



The description given of this species by Mr. Baly in the 

 Cistula 1879 agrees perfectly with the Sumatran insects 

 now before me; several similarly and closely allied forms 

 inhabit Asia and the Malayan Archipelago as well as Au- 

 stralia and the South Sea Islauds. The present species (ot 

 which the male insect was only known to Mr. Baly and 

 whose specimens were obtained in India) is distinguished 

 by the peculiar formation of the face in the male and the 

 structure of the first joint of the antennae; in the female 

 the epistome is simple, flat and with a central elevated 

 Notes from tlie I^eyden. Mixseum, Vol. VI. 



