52 Phytophaga Malaynna. 



face smooth and impunctate, with the exception of one or two 

 indistinct foveas on either side near the outer border ; on either 

 side, jiist witlu'n the anterior margin, is a narrow groove, which 

 extends from the outer border for about a third of the breadth 

 of the thorax ; basal lobe very slightly produced, broadly trun- 

 cate ; placed transversely on the centre of the disc are two 

 piceous spots; these are frequently obsolete. Scutelkirn triangidar, 

 its apex obtuse. Elytra more than three times the length of the 

 thorax ; sides parallel, lateral border slightly sinuate below the 

 shoulders ; surface finely but distinctly punctured. Body be- 

 neath covered with fine adpressed pale fulvous sericeous 

 pubescence ; apical segment of abdomen in the $ impressed 

 with a very deep fovea. 



2. G unandrophlhalma Lacordairii, n, sp. 



Subelongata, convexa, fulva, nitida, subtus pallide sericeo- 

 tomentosa ; capite (labro, epistomatis margine antico, anten- 

 narumque basi exceptis) scutelloque nigris, hoc basi pube 

 sericea dense vestito, apice glabro, obscure fulvo; pectore, 

 femoribus (basi excepta) tibiisque extrorsum nigro-piceis ; 

 tarsis thoracisque plaga pallide piceis ; elytris infra basin 

 obsolete transversim impressis, obscure casruleis, fascia lata 

 transversa, vix ante medium posita, flava. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Hab. Morty Island. 



Head shining, forehead somewhat convex, smooth and impunc- 

 tate ; epistome indistinctly rugose, its anterior margin deeply 

 notched, fulvous ; a triangular space on either side between the 

 eyes finely rugose and clothed with very fine adpressed silky 

 hairs ; labrum, mouth and four lower joints of antennae fulvous. 

 Thorax rather more than twice as broad as long ; basal margin 

 linuate on either side, its medial lobe very slightly produced, 

 broadly but obtusely truncate ; sides rounded, scarcely narrowed 

 in front ; upper surface obsoletely impressed on either side of 

 the disc, distinctly but finely punctured along the base; disc itself 

 impunctate. Scutellum triangular, its apex obtuse. Elytra not 

 broader at their base than the thorax, obsoletely dilated poste- 

 riorly, lateral border distinctly sinuate below the shoulders ; 

 upper surface slightly depressed transversely below the basilar 

 space ; the humeral callus bounded within by a depressed longi- 

 tudinal line ; extreme base also transversely impressed, the basal 

 margin being retuse ; sur.^ace finely punctured, the punctures 



