New species of PhytophafioHs Coleojitera. 87 



Of blackish bronze colour; the head deeply but not closely punctured, 

 the epistome separated from the face by an obsolete transverse isroove, 

 stronsfly rugose ; palpi fulvous ; antennae slender, black, the lower foiir 

 joints fulvous ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides obsoletely annulate 

 at the middle, the surface very coarsely and deeply punctui'ed, the interstices 

 very strongly rugose, with a central (sometimes indistinct) smooth longi- 

 tudinal space ; elytra verv deeply puncttu-ed, with about nine strongly raised 

 longitudinal costfe, those below the shoulders rather oblique ; under side and 

 legs black ; tarsi somewhat paler ; femora with a very minute tooth. 



Hah. Sumatra. 



The very dark colour and the numerous elytra! costae princi- 

 pally separate this species from its many allies. (Coll. Jaeohy.) 



NODOSTOMA APICIPES, n. Sp. 



Fulvous ; the apical joints of the antennae, the apex of the tibiae, and 

 the tarsi black; thorax angulate near the base, very closely punctured at the 

 sides, more distantly at the disc ; elytra metallic-greenish or aeneous, with 

 basal depression, strongly punctate-striate ; anterior femora dentate. 



Var. Piceous below ; the head, antennae, thorax, and legs black. 

 Length, 2—2^ lines. 



Head very finely punctured at the vertex, more closelv and strongly so 

 between the eyes, dark fulvons (sometimes stained with piceous) ; antennae 

 slender, the lower four joints fulvous, the rest black ; thorax twice as broad 

 as long, the sides subangulate near the base, strongly obliquely narrowed in 

 front, the submarginal groove deep, the surface very closely and strongly 

 punctured at the sides, much more finely and remotely at the middle, the 

 space near the anterior margin nearly impunctate ; scutellum fulvous ; 

 elytra slightly wider at the base than the thorax, the base convex, bounded 

 by a deep depression below, the punctuation strong anteriorly, much finer 

 towards the apex ; under side and legs fulvous, the apex of the tibiae and the 

 tarsi black ; anterior femora with a distinct tooth. 



Hah. Sumatra, also Birmah. 



The sculpture of the thorax and the colour of the tibiae and 

 tarsi principally distinguish this species, especially from N. 

 fulvipes, Motsch. ; the punctuation of the thorax in all the speci- 

 mens is the same ; the variety does not differ except in its larger 

 size and colour, but the head is also fulvous anteriorly. (Coll. 

 Jaeohy) . 



Theopea nigkicollis, n. sp. 



Black ; the three apical joints of the antennae (the apex of the last 

 joint excepted) testaceous; thorax quadrate, deeply bifoveolate, impunctate; 

 elytra violaceous, transversely punctate, the interstices longitudinally costate. 

 Length, 3 lines. 



Head impunctate, black, the frontal tubercles strongly convex ; antennae 

 black, the ninth, tenth, and the base of the terminal joint pale flavous, the 

 sixth to the eighth joints slightly compressed and widened in the male ; 

 thorax not broader than long, black, shining, the disc with a very deep fovea 

 at each side, impunctate ; scutellum black ; elytra violaceous, closely im- 

 pressed with double rows of transversely-shaned punctures, the interstices 

 longitudinally costate ; under side and legs black, shining. 



Hah. Borneo, Perak, also Birmah. 



T. nictncnllis, although closely allied to T. pulchella and T. 

 eleganfula, Baly, differs from either in the black and quadrate 

 thorax in connection with the pale apical joints of the antennae, 



