16 Phyto-phnga Malayaiia. 



a group belonging exclusively to the Malayan fauna. Until the 

 expedition oi Mr. Wallace, L. Papuana was the only one known 

 to us. 



15. Lema variolosa, Baly. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. N. S. vol. v. p. 146. 

 Oblongo-elongata, rufo-fulva, nitida ; thorace subquadrato, pos- 

 terius valde coarctato, disco Isevi, ante basin transversim sul- 

 cato ; antennis, thoracis vittd centrali postice abbreviata, 

 scutello, elytrisque nigris ; his valde et irregulariler punctatis, 

 punctis (praesertim ad latera) confluentibus, interstitiis valde 

 elevatis; genubus, tibiis tarsisque piceis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Sarawak, Borneo. 



Oblong-elongate, convex above, shining rufo-fulv^ous ; an- 

 tennae, a vitta on the thorax, the scutellum and the elytra black ; 

 knees, tibiae and tarsi piceous. Head constricted behind the 

 eyes ; front with an oblique groove on either side ; face trans- 

 versely grooved just above the insertion of the antennae ; the 

 latter slender, filiform, nearly equal in length to the body, their 

 third joint obovate, nearly twice the length of the second. Thorax 

 subquadrate ; sides deeply constricted just behind their middle; 

 above subcylindrical, deeply impressed in front of the base by a 

 transverse groove, either end of which terminates in the lateral 

 constriction ; surface smooth and shining, impunctate, bright rufo- 

 fulvous, a broad vitta down the centre, which gradually increases 

 in width behind, and is abbreviated at the transverse groove, 

 black. Scutellum shining black, its apex truncate. Elytra 

 much broader than the thorax, oblong, convex, indistinctly de- 

 pressed transversely below the base ; shining black, whole sur- 

 face irregularly covered with large deep variolose punctures, more 

 crowded and confluent towards the sides ; interspaces smooth and 

 shining, much thickened and elevated, and forming towards the 

 sides irregular reticulations. Beneath shining rufo-fulvous, abdo- 

 men covered with very short adpressed fulvous pubescence ; apex 

 of the jaws, the knees, tibiae (their inner surface excepted) and 

 tarsi pitcliy black. 



16. Lema monstrosa, n. sp. (PI. I. fig. 5.) 



Subelongata, subcylindrica, rufo-testacea, nitida ; antennis fili- 



formibus (articulo basali subtus excepto) elytrisque nigris ; 



his profunde punctatis, singulatim tuberculis septem conicis 



magnis valde elevatis instructis, interspatiis tuberculato- 



