292 Mr. J. S. Baly on the Phytophuga. 



transverse depression, wliich commencing just within the suture ter- 

 minates close to the outer border in a large deep fovea ; the puncturing 

 on the transverse grooA'e deeper and coarser than elsewhere. 



Allied in form to PJi. sinuata, but mucli smaller, the bands on the 

 elytra narrower and much more sinnons. 



PhyJlochans violaceipennis. 



P. siibelongata, postice pauUo angustata, rufo-testacea, nitida; elytris 

 violaceo-cupreis, nitidissimis ; antennis nigris. — Long. 2\ lin. 



Hah. Dorey, New Guinea. 



Subelongate, slightly narrowed behind, shining rufo-testaceous ; 

 elytra violet-copper; antennae black. Head shining, impimctate; cly- 

 peus separated from the face by an angular groove, the apex of which 

 is rounded ; antennse two-thirds the length of the body, robust, four 

 basal joints shining, pitchy beneatli. Thorax twice as broad as long; 

 apex slightly concave-emarginate ; sides straight and subparallel, 

 nari'owed and rounded in front, apex of anterior angles subacute ; above 

 transversely convex, surface smooth and shining, very remotely pimc- 

 tured, sides near the base impressed with numerous large roimd punc- 

 tures. Scutellum semiovate, rufo-piceous. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax, narrowly subovate, slightly nan-owed towards their apex, the 

 apex itself subacutely rovmded; above convex, sinuate on the sides 

 below the shoulder ; each elj^tron impressed with eleven rows of fine 

 but deep punctures, the first row abbreviated; interspaces distantly 

 impressed with fine but distinct punctures, which are often an-anged in 

 a single row down the centre of the interspaces. Beneath shining rufo- 

 testaceous, palpi pale piceous. 



PliyUocharis Wallacei. 



P. subelongata, metallico-cserulea, nitida ; thorace pedibusque chalybeis. 

 — Long. 2i lin. 



Hab. Batchian. 



Subelongate, dark shining metallic blue, thorax and legs bright 

 steel-blue. Head smooth and shining, impimctate ; cl^-peus separated 

 from the face by a deeply impressed angular groove, fi'om the apex of 

 which a shallow curved groove mns obliquely upwards on either side 

 to the upper portion of the eyes ; labrum piceous, its outer edge obscure 

 fulvous, its surface sparingly covered with coarse white hairs ; antennae 

 robust, scarcely more than half the length of the body, four basal joints 

 glabrous, shining, the rest opake, covered with short black pubescence. 

 Thorax tvnce as broad as long; apex slightly concave-emarginate; 

 sides nearly straight and subparallel, narrowed and rounded in fi'ont, 

 apex of anterior angles obtuse ; above convex, smooth and shining, 

 sparingly impressed here and there Avith a few deep pimctures. Scu- 

 tellum smooth and shining, semiovate. Elytra broader than the tho- 



