8 Phytophaga Maluyana. 



antennae half the length of the body, obscure rufous, basal joints 

 obscure aeneous, the remaining joints more or less stained at their 

 apex with black ; second and third joints nearly equal, each one 

 half shorter than the fourth. Thorax rather broader than long, 

 sides nearly straight and parallel, slightly constricted at the base, 

 anterior angles distinct, rectangular, not produced, the angle itself 

 indicated by an obtuse tubercle, from the centre of which springs 

 a long single hair; hinder angles slightly produced, obtuse, curved 

 slightly upwards ; upper surface transversely excavated at the 

 base', medial line impressed by a distinct longitudinal groove, 

 which is broader and deeper towards its base ; whole surface of 

 disc covered with very fine transverse rugae. Scutelluni triangular, 

 acute, covered wtth fine adpressed pubescence. Elytra much 

 broader at their base than the thorax, sides straight and parallel 

 along their anterior half, thence obliquely narrowed to the apex, 

 the latter truncate ; upper surface flattened along the suture, 

 lightly depressed transversely below the basilar space, deeply 

 punctate-striate, interspaces thickened and slightly raised, nitidous, 

 obsoletely transverse strigose. 



This species must be placed close to T>. Delesserti, to which it is 

 very closely allied, if not indeed a variety of that insect ; it differs 

 in having the anterior angle of the thorax indicated by a small 

 but distinct tubercle, and in the longitudinal groove on the disc 

 extending nearly from base to apex. I possess specimens from 

 Ceylon ; from the continent of India, collected by Mr. Bretting- 

 ham ; and from Tringanee, sent to this country by Count de 

 Castelnau. 



Fam. CRIOCERID^, Lacordaire. 



Genus Lema, Fabr. 

 Lac. Mon. Phyt. i. p. 303. 



1. Lema Goryi, Guerin. 

 Lac. Mon. Phyt. i. p. 313. 



" Elongata, flavo-rufa ; antennis (articulo primo praetermisso) 

 tibiis tarsisque anticis, pedibus quatuor posticis omnino, meta- 

 thorace abdomineque nigris ; prothorace elongato, in medio 

 valde coarctato, supra sublaevi, basi baud impresso ; elytris 

 convexis, punctato-striatis, interstitiis planis, sublaevibus, apice 

 summo elevatis." (Lacordaire.) 



Long. 5| lin. 



Hab. Amboina. 



