44 Phytophtga Malayana. 



Fam. CLYTHRID^, Lac. 

 Genus Titubcea, Lac. 

 Mon. Phyt. ii. p. 141. 



1. Titubcea Laportei, n. sp. (PI. IL fig. 8.) 



Elongata, parallela, subcylindrica, nigra, argenteo-sericea ; tho- 

 racis iitrinque plaga transversa antica elytrisque flavo-fiilvis, 

 his clistincte punctatis, singulis apice, fasciisque duabus Uitis, 

 prim4 infra basin ufrinque abbreviata, secunda infra medium 

 positis, nigris. 



Mas. — Capite magno, mandibulis magnis, forcipatis; pedibus 

 anticis elongatis. 



Foem. — Capite rninori, niandibuHs minus validis ; pedibus subae- 

 qualibus. 



Long. 4 — 5 lin. 



Var A. Thorace nigro, dimidio apicaii flavo-fulvo. 



Hah. Tringanee, Penang, Siam. 



Male. — Head large, exserted, face broad, irregularly excavated, 

 closely and coarsely punctured, subopaque, clothed with ad- 

 pressed sericeous hairs, forehead swollen, convex, nitidous, re- 

 motely punctured, anterior margin of epistome angulate-emargi- 

 nate ; jaws robust, the left produced into a long curved tooth, the 

 riglit shorter, acute ; antennse with the four lower joints obscure 

 fulvous, the rest black, second and third short, equal, the remain- 

 ing joints compressed and dilated, trigonate ; eyes large, elongate, 

 their inner edge notched. Thorax twice as broad as long, broader 

 at the base than the elytra, sides obliquely rounded and converg- 

 ino- from behind their middle to the apex, obliquely rounded at 

 the base, posterior angles ill defined ; basal border truncate on 

 either side, obsoletely sinuate near the medial lobe, the latter very 

 slightly produced, broadly truncate ; upper surface subcylindrical, 

 impressed with deep punctures, which, crowded at the base, become 

 scattered and more distant on the disc and sides; the surface be- 

 tween the larger impressions is closely covered with minute but 

 deep punctures, visible only under a lens. Scutellum trigonate, 

 its sides rounded. Elytra parallel, moderately lobed at the base, 

 distinctly punctured ; each elytron with the extreme apex and 

 two broad transverse bands black ; these bands have their edges 

 irregularly notched and sinuate, and are placed one below the 

 base, abbreviated at the nmer and outer borders ; it often sends 

 a short spur upwards on the humeral callus ; the second entire, 

 situate immediately below the middle of tlie elytron. Anterior 

 pair of legs elongate, tibias slightly curved, tarsi of the same pair 

 also elongate, the basal joint being about equal in length to the 



