84 Phytophaga Malayana. 



prominentibus ; epistomafe triangulari, cuneiformi ; mento 

 angulato-emarginato. Thorax subcylindricus, margine late- 

 ral! obsoleto. Elytra thorace multo latiora, punctato-striata, 

 setulis rigidis erectis nonnullis instructa. Pedes mediocres ; 

 femoribus subtus unidentatis, anticis et posticis distincte, in- 

 termediis minus incrassatis ; t'lh'ns intermediis extus ad 

 apicem emarginatis ; vnguiciiUs bifidis. Prosternum latum, 

 elongatum, episternis anticis non separatum. Mesosternum 

 oblongum. ' 

 This genus is distinguished from Piomera by the form of its 

 epistome, and also by its slender mid-femora. 



1. Metaxis sellata, Baly. (PL IV. fig. 4.) 

 Journ. of Entom. ii. p. 157. 

 Oblonga, subcylindrica, fulvo-fusca, squamis concoloribus ves- 

 tita ; antennarum apice elytrorumque plaga oblonga basi ultra 

 medium extens,d, obscure fuscis ; oculis nigris. 

 Long. 1| lin. 

 Hab, Borneo (Sarawak). 



Head closely punctured, covered with adpressed scales ; jaws 

 daik fuscous. Thorax scarcely broader than long, somewhat flat- 

 tened above, closely covered with scales ; sides slightly rounded, 

 converging in front, lateral border obsolete, all the angles armed 

 with a short obtuse tooth. Elytra nearly three times ihe length 

 of the thorax, parallel ; surface deeply punctate-stiiate, closely 

 covered with scales arranged in small irregular patches and in- 

 termingled with a few rigid erect fuscous hairs ; the dark fuscous 

 patch clothed with concolorous scales, which are less crowded 

 than those covering the general surface of the elytra. 



Genus Demotina, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entom. ii. p. 158. 

 Corpus non metallicum, oblongum, subcylindricum, squamis ad- 

 pressis vestitum. Caput exsertum, perpendiculare ; antennis 

 filiformibus aut subfiliformibus, articulo basali ovato, incras- 

 sato, secundo primo breviori, quatuor aut quinque ultimis 

 saepe leviter incrassatis; oculis ])rominentibus, integris ; mento 

 emarginato ; epistomate emarginato. Thorax transversim 

 convexus aiit subcylindricus, margine lateral! obsoleto, vel 

 rarius in loco marginis series unica dentiiim. ScuteUum semi- 

 ovatum. Elytra oblonga, crebre punctata. Pedes medi- 



