12 Phylophaga Mulayana. 



elytris planis, mediocriter punctato-striatis, interstitiis sub- 

 tilissime alutaceis, postice elevatis." (Lacordaire.) 



LoiiCT. 2" lin. 



3 



Hab. Singapore ; also Bengal, China. 



My specimens of tliis insect differ somewhat from the one from 

 Ben'^al (which I have not seen) described in Lacordaire's work ; 

 mine have the abdomen almost, in one case, entirely black — in 

 one specimen, also, the anterior legs are piceous ; in all, the 

 anterior half of the elytra is distinctly rugulose, and the basilar 

 space is bounded beneath by a transverse depression ; this latter 

 character is not mentioned by Lacordaire ; I do not think these 

 differences are sufficient to constitute a distinct species ; like many 

 insects with a wide geographical range it is probably variable 

 both in sculpture and coloration. 



9. Lema Papiiaiia, Lac. 

 Mon. Phyt. i. p. 341. 



" Breviter oblongo-parallela, luteo-testacea ; abdomine femori- 

 busque posticis nitore violaceo indutis [ant laete violaceis], 

 prothorace posterius profunde constricto ; elytris con- 

 vexis, basi valde conjunctim elevatis [infra basin profunde 

 transversim sulcatis], subtiliter punctato-striatis, ab apice 

 ultra medium saturate ac nitidissime violaceis. 



Var. A. Laete rufa." (Lacordaire.) 



Var. B. Elytris totis violaceis. 



Mas. — Femoribus posticis valde incrassatis, subtus ante apicem 

 spina valida conica armatis ; tibiis posticis infra basin ad 

 apicem distincte incrassatis. 



Foem. — Femoribus posticis modice incrassatis, inermibus. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Hab. Dory, New Guinea ; Wagiou. 



All the specimens I have seen have their abdomen and hinder 

 thighs much more deeply stained with violaceous than would appear 

 to be the case in the specimens described by Lacordaire. 



10. Lema Boisduvalii, n. sp. 

 Subelongata, parallela, luteo-testacea; abdomine et femoribus 

 posticis (his basi exceptis) nigro-violaceis; thorace posterius 

 profunde constricto; elytris ab apice ultra medium nitidissime 

 violaceo-cyaneis, basi valde elevatis, infra basin profunde trans- 

 versim sulcatis, subtilissime punctato-striatis, punctis apicem 



