43-4 Mr. J. S. Daly's descrijytions of 



sides nearly straight, slightly converging from base to 

 apex ; anterior angles thickened, obtusely truncate ; disk 

 finely but not very closely pvuictured. Scutellum trigo- 

 nate, its apex acute. Elytra rather coarsely punctured, 

 shining black; the apex and the inficxed limb ruib-fulvous ; 

 each elytron Avith two slightly irregular transverse bands, 

 abbreviated on the outer margin and at the suture, flavous. 



Sphoirometopa Cumingii. 



Late ovata, valde convexa, piceo-fulva, nitida, scutello 

 antennisque nigris, harum articulis tribus basalibus piceo- 

 fulvis, duabus apicalibus sordidc albidis ; elytris tenuiter 

 sed distlncte punctatis, sutura antice, fascia basali extror- 

 sum abbreviate!, altera ante medium alteraque pone 

 medium, his utrincpie abbreviatis, nigris. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. — Phillipine Islands; collected by the late IL 

 Cuming. 



Rather narrower than S. ornata. Vertex smooth, im- 

 pressed with a few minute punctures, visible only imder a 

 lens ; encarpaj oblique, remote ; three lower joints of an- 

 tennre fusco-fulvous, two outer ones dirty Avhite, the I'cst 

 black. Thorax three times as broad as long; sides nearly 

 parallel, slightly rounded, anterior angles thickened, ob- 

 tuse ; surface minutely punctured. Eljti'a more distinctly 

 punctured than the thorax. 



Spharometopa diver sa. 



Late ovata, valde convexa, subtus nigra, ])rothorace 

 jjiceo, supra castaneo ; antennis nigris, articulis duobus 

 apicalibus albidis. 



Long. .3§ lin. 



Hab. — Singapore; collected by Mr. "Wallace. 



Head remotely punctured ; encarpre qtiadrangular, not 

 contiguous ; basal joint of antenna; equal in length to the 

 two following united ; three lower joints nigro-piccous, two 

 outer ones dirty white. Thorax three times as broad as 

 long; sides rounded, scarcely converging in front; hinder 

 angles distinct, the apex acute; anterior angles thickened, 

 obtusely truncate ; disk distinctly but not very closely 

 punctui-ed, the lateral and the outer third of the basal 

 margins narrowly edged Avith nigro-piceous. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, their surfaces rather more 

 strongly punctured than that of the latter. 



