62 Phytophaga Malayana. 



tlie base of the scutellum instead of itself receiving the latter, 

 as in the two above-named genera ; from Ccenohius and Achcenops, 

 both which genera have the apex of the basal lobe of the thorax 

 received into the base of the scutellum, and have subincrassate 

 antennae, it is separated in the first case by the distant eyes, in 

 the other by the form of the hinder margin of the prosternum 

 and by its notched eyes ; from Cryjitocephalus proper it may be 

 readily distinguished by the small horizontal scutellum, the sur- 

 face of which is entirely received between the margins of the 

 elytra, its apex not being raised in the slightest degree above 

 their level. 



1. Bucharis Suffmmi, n. sp. (PI. III. fig. 8.) 



Subquadrato-ovatus, postice paullo angustatus, apice truncatus, 

 convexus, csernleusaut viridi-caeruleus, nitidus, subtus piceus; 

 labro, antennis, palpis, pedibus, abdomine elytroruraque 

 apice rufo-fulvis. 



Long 1 1 — 2 lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dory), Mysol. 



Face deeply but not very closely punctured, front longitudinally 

 grooved ; epistome and adjoining portion of face transversely 

 wrinkled ; whole surface somewhat sparingly covered with fine 

 hairs ; jaws nigro-piceous. Thorax twice as broad at the base as 

 long, sides converging and slightly rounded from base to apex, 

 hinder angles acute ; hinder margin obsoletely bisinuate on either 

 side, the basal lobe strongly produced, triangular, its apex entire, 

 received into a notch on the basal and upper surfaces of the scu- 

 tellum, which it slightly overlaps ; upper surface very convex, 

 smooth and shining, minutely but not very closely punctured. 

 Scutellum small, narrow, not prominent, being level with the ad- 

 joining surface of the elytra, its apex subacute. Elytra not 

 broader at their base than the thorax, sliglitly narrowed posteriorly, 

 sides distinctly lobed at their base ; upper surface smooth and 

 shining, convex, obliquely deflexed from just before their middle 

 to immediately before their apex, impressed just above the lateral 

 lobe with a large shallow fovea, humeral callus slightly prominent ; 

 each elytron impressed with eleven longitudinal rows of distinct but 

 fine punctures ; these rows, which run parallel to the margin on the 

 outer disc, are somewhat obh'que and converge to the suture 

 on the inner half of the surface ; the punctures, which are placed in 

 a single regular line on each row, are larger and more deeply 

 impressed towards the apex of the elytron ; interspaces obso- 



