50 Phytophaga Malaynna. ' 



I have introduced this species into the present work on the 

 authority of a single specimen formerly belonging to the late Mr. 

 Curtis ; it bears a label showing that it came from the Malay 

 Archipelago, but unfortunately without any more precise indica- 

 tion of locality. 



Genus AspiDOLOPHA, Lac. 

 Mon. Phyt. ii. p. 252. 



1. Aspldolopha Buquetii, Lac. (PI. IL fig. 2.) 

 Mon. Phyt. ii. p. 255. 



" Breviter ovato-quadrata, saturate cyanea, subtus argenteo- 

 sericea ; antennis fuscis ; prothorace basi tenuiter punctulato, 

 margine antico et laterali fulvo; elytris crebre evidenterque 

 punctatis, fasciis binis (altera media, altera subapicali) singu- 

 loque macula axillari, saturate cyaneis. 



Long. 1| — 2 lin. 



Var. A. Abdomine pedibusque magis minusve testaceis aut 

 rufescentibus. 



Var. B. Abdomine pedibusque ut in var. A ; elytris fascia 

 media communi punctoque axillari, saturate cyaneis." 



(Lacordaire.) 



Var. C. Elytris puncto humerali dimidioque postico obscure 

 cyaneis. 



Var. D. Elytris (puncto apicali fulvo excepto) obscure cyaneis. 



Hab. Java, Sumatra, Singapore; var. B, Penang, Tringanee, 

 Siam; var. C, Borneo. 



2. Aspldolopha imperialis, n. sp. 



Oblonga, crassa, subcylindrica, fulva, nitida, subtus dense aureo- 

 sericea ; mandibularum apice antennisque (his basi exceptis) 

 nigris, fronte, scutello, elytrorumque fasciis- duabus latis, 

 harum prima baseos, communi, basi fulvo-binotata, margine 

 postico utrinque profunde emarginata, secunda vix pone me- 

 dium posita, utrinque abbreviatii, obscure ceeruleis. (Fcem.) 



Var. A. Elytrorum fascia communi basali utrinque late inter- 

 rupt^. 



Var. B. Elytris totis obscure caeruleis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak) ; var. A and B, Penang. 



Upper portion of face finely rugose-punctate, opaque; epistorae 

 nitidous, less closely punctured ; antennae rather longer than the 



