38 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of neio 



more than twice as broad as long ; sides rounded ; upper surface 

 irregularly thickened, impressed on the middle disk with a shallow 

 longitudinal groove. Elytra narrowly oblong, convex, rather 

 closely and strongly punctured, interspaces between the punctures 

 granulosa. 



Buphonidd pimcticollis. 

 Subelongata, convexa, sordide fulva, antennis, basi exceptis, 

 nigro-piceis ; thorace transverso ; lateribus a basi ad ultra medium 

 oblique divergentibus ; hinc ad apicem rotundatis ; disco late 

 transversim excavato, crebre punctato, medio longitudinaliter sul- 

 cato ; elytris parallelis, anguste oblongis, crebre punctatis, dense 

 sericeis. Long. 2^ — 3 Im. 



Hab. Batchian (Wallace). 



Head prominent ; front flattened and slightly excavated, finely 

 rugose-punctate ; antennse rather more than half the length of the 

 body, the 2nd joint oblong, the 3rd nearly twice its length. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long ; sides straightened, obliquely diverging from 

 the base to beyond the middle, thence rounded and converging to 

 the apex ; disk broadly and deeply excavated, rather strongly and 

 deeply punctm'ed. Elytra parallel, narrowly oblong, closely punc- 

 tui'ed, densely sericeous. 



Biiphonida suhmarginata. 

 Anguste oblouga, convexa, flavo-albida, nitida, thorace quam 

 longo plus duplo latiori, transversim sulcato, sulco medio magis 

 fortiter excavato ; elytris oblongis, dense sericeis, opacis, granuloso- 

 punctatis ; sordide flavis, margine basali, lineaque submarginaU a 

 basi ad apicem extensa, metallico-purpm'eis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. My sol {Wallace). 



Head prominent, vertex swollen, impunctate : clypeus very 

 short, transverse ; antennae slender, nearly equal to the body in 

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

 parallel, sinuate behind the middle ; upper surface deeply and 

 broadly sulcate, more deeply excavated on the medial line. Scu- 

 tellum black. Elytra oblong, slightly flattened along the suture, 

 closely granulose-punctate, densely sericeous. 



BupJionida placida. 



Subelongata, convexa, pallide flava, nitida, tibiis tarsisque pal- 

 lido piceis; thorace quam longo plus duplo longiori, disco iui- 

 punctato, late transversiui excavato ; elytris dense sericeis, crebre 

 punctatis, antennarum articulo sccundo brevissimo. Long. 3 lin. 



Hid). Sarawak {Witllicc). 



