76 Phytophaga Malayana. 



gibbous on the disc in front, obliquely depressed on either side 

 near the base ; impressed with large deep punctures, which, more 

 distant on the middle of the disc, become closely crowded towards 

 the sides, which are rugose-punctate ; base and sides pale rufo- 

 piceous, reflexed lateral margin fulvous. Scutellum subelongate- 

 trigonate, its apex broadly truncate. Elytra strongly lobed at 

 their base, the sides being strongly retrenched behind the dilated 

 portion ; this causes the elytra to resemble "in shape those of the 

 genus Aspidolopha ; upper surface slightly thickened near the 

 scutellum, deeply impressed with large punctures, which are irre- 

 gularly arranged in longitudinal rows; interspaces thickened 

 transversely, crenulate on the inner disc in front, longitudinally 

 costate towards the apex of the elytron. Pygidium with its 

 apical border concave. Anal segment of abdomen with an un- 

 usually large round fovea. Legs slender. Prosternum broader 

 than long, its hinder margin truncate. 



This insect is entirely Australian in form, closely resembling 

 several Australian species both in habit and the shape of its pro- 

 sternum. 



13. Cryptocephalus dapsilis, Boh. 

 Eugenics Resa, Insekter, p. 155. 

 " Breviter ovatus, convexus, subtus niger ; capite, antennis, 

 apice excepto, tibiis tarsisque lutescentibus ; prothorace 

 subtiliter punctulato, margine apicali anguste, laierali et 

 basali latius luteo, dorso antico plaga magna transversa 

 maculisque duabus basalibus triangularibus nigris ; elytris 

 luteis, tenuiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis subtilissime 

 crebre punctulatis, sutura vittaque sat lata disci nonnihi! 

 obliqua, ante apicem abbreviatis, nigris. 

 Long. 4 — lat. 2^ millim. 

 Patria : Java. 



Statura omnino C. Billardierii, nonnihil major, prothorace aliter 

 colorato. Caput rotundatum, parum convexum, luteum, 

 nitidum, distincte sat crebre punctulatum, postice tenuiter 

 longitudinaliter canaliculatum ; ore nigro. Palpi ferruginei. 

 Oculi reniformes, parum convex!, nigri. Antennae flavo- 

 testaceae, extrorsum fuscescentes. Prothorax longitudine 

 fere duplo latior, antice quam basi multo angustior, apice 

 leviter rotundato - emarginatus, tenuiter marginatus, basi 

 utrinque sinuatus, lateribus anguste reflexo-marginatis, pone 

 apicem subito rotundato-ampliatis, angulis anticis deflexis, 

 obtusis, posticis retrorsum productis, acuminatis ; superne 



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