Descriptiuns of New SScolijtidai. 219 



post medium umboiiato, posLice dense fortiter punctato ; elytris 

 a basi pulviuatis, postice gradatiin valde oblique declivibus, 

 liiieato-punctatis, interstitiis niultipunctatis, declivitate utrinque 

 late impressa, ]uxta suturam elevata, ad apicem subexplanata, 

 subtus marginata. Long. 5"-i mm. 



Female. Oblong, broad and somewhat depressed, not 

 cylindrical, moderately shining, castaneous-brown, the prothorax 

 before the discal elevation, the sides and apex of the elytra darker. 

 Front somewhat flattened, subimpressed on either side over the 

 mouth, rather strongly punctured, pilose ; eyes not large, reniform ; 

 antennae testaceous, normal. Prothorax broader than long, semi-oval, 

 widest behind, the sides and apex conjointly rounded, hind-augles ob- 

 tusely rounded, the base slightly curved; surface transversely gibbous 

 behind the middle, strongly convex from side to side, pubescent with 

 extremely short appressed hairs, anteriorly rough with an admixture 

 of granules and rather remote larger transverse rugiB, posteriorly 

 closely and strongly punctate with a smooth median line. Scutellum 

 rather large, rounded trigonate, shining. Elytra wider at the base ' 

 than the prothorax, and nearly double as long, the sides gently 

 curved throughout, widest behiud the base, subangulately inflexed 

 at apex, the hind-margins obliquely rounded ; surface rather 

 depressed from side to side, convex and pulvinate from the base to 

 the middle, thence obliquely declivous, rather indistinctly lineato- 

 puuctate, the interstices multipuuctate, the punctures bearing 

 small appressed hairs and a few short erect bristles in irregular 

 rows ; declivity broadly impressed and subexplauate at apex, with 

 the suture elevated, the sides of the impression oblique and 

 somewhat tumid above, and the inferior margin acute, more 

 clearly striate. Underside testaceous, shining and thinly 

 pubescent, sides of the elytra deeply inflexed towards the apex. 

 Legs brown-testaceous, the tibiee strongly dentate. 



Hah. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace). 



The very short and nearly hemispherical prothorax, the 

 broad and somewhat depressed elytra, and the complete 

 absence of armature give the insect an appearance unlike 

 that of any described species of the genus. I have, 

 however, dissected the mouth parts of one of my two 

 examples, and cannot find in them or in other details of 

 structure, sufficient grounds for its. removal. The malar 

 armature is fine and setiform. 



