Phytophaga Mulayana. 57 



Hab. Malay Archipelago (sec. Coll. Curtis), Malabar, Coro- 

 mandel, Ceylon. 



The following species belonging to this family, described since 

 the publication of M. Lacordaire's worl<, is unknown to me. 



Clyihra egregia, Boh. 

 Eugenies Resa, Insekter, p. 154. 



" Oblongo-ovata, cylindrica, caerulea, nitida, subtus breviter 

 albido-sericea ; antennis basi, tibiis tarsisque testaccis ; pro- 

 thorace rufo-testaceo, antice sublaevi, postice punctato, basi 

 macula parv4 caerulea notato ; elytris sat profunde, minus 

 crebre, subseriatim punctatis, rufo-testaceis, singulo macula 

 parvd supra-humerali fasciaque media sat lata, recta, caeruleis. 



Long. 41, lat. Sg millim. 



Patria : Malacca. 



Caput subrotundatum, parum convexum, caeruleum, nitidum, 

 parce punctulatum, vertice tenuiter canaliculatum, ad oculos 

 aeneum, breviter pallido-setulosum. Palpi rufo-testacei. 

 Oculi ovati, parum convexi, brunnei, antice inferne leviter 

 emarginati. Antennae breves, crassae, nigro-fuscse, pubes- 

 centes, articulis tribus basalibus rufo-testaceis. Prothorax 

 longitudine fere duplo latior, apice truncatus, antice quam 

 basi multo angustior, basi tenuiter reflexo-marginatus, 

 utrinque sinuatus, lateribus anguste marginatis, pone apicem 

 ultra medium rotundato-ampliatis, angulis anticis fere rectis, 

 posticis rotundatis ; superne convexus, rufo-testaceus, niti- 

 dus, dorso antico subleevis, lateribus posticeque minus 

 crebre punctatus, ante scutellum macula parva caerulea 

 notatus. Scutellum breviter triangulare, caeruleum, nitidum, 

 basi punctulatum, medio carinatum. Elytra antice singu- 

 latim introrsum oblique truncata, prothorace vix angus- 

 tiora, quam lata nonnihil longiora, humeris vix elevatis, ro- 

 tundatis ; apicem versus perparum angustata, apice singu- 

 latim rotundata, superne convexa, rufo-testacea, nitida, sat 

 profunde minus crebre subseriatim punctata, singulo macula 

 parva, rotunda, supra-humeiali fasciaque media transversa, 

 sat lata, recta, suturam non attingente, caeruleis. Corpus 

 subtus caeruleum, subnitidum, crebre punctulatum, setulis 

 brevibus albidis dense adspersum. Pedes punctulati, bre- 

 viter setulosi ; femoribus caeruleis ; tibiis tarsisque testaceis, 

 his interdum infuscatis." (Boheman.) 



