92 Phytophaga Malayana. 



Genus Lepina, Baly. 



Journ. of Entom. ii. p. 161. 



Corpus oblongum, subcylindricum, squamis gracilibus curvatis 

 vestitum. Caput breve, thorace profunde insertum, perpen- 

 diculare ; ore prosterni margine antico tecto ; antennis sub- 

 filiformibus, articuHs quinque ultimis incrassatis; primo et 

 secundo longitudine fere aequalibus, illo fortiter, hoc modice 

 incrassatis, tribus sequentibus etsi fere aequalibus, subgracili- 

 bus, sexto et septimo aequalibus, obconicis, octavo ad decimum 

 submoniliformibus, undecimo ovato; epistomate cuneiformi; 

 oculis integris. Thorax paullo latior quam longus, subcylin- 

 dricus, margine antico distincto, disco squamis curvatis ves- 

 tito. Elytra punctato-striata, squamis subdepressis seriebus 

 longitudinalibus dispositis vestita. Pedes modice robusti ; 

 femoribus posticis subtus dente brevi armatis ; tarsorum arti- 

 culo basali secundo vix longiori ; unguiculis bifidis. Pro- 

 sternum subelongatum, utrinque sulco profundo episteniis 

 separatum, margine antico paullo producto. Mesosternum 

 subquadratum, apice paullo dilatato, trilobato. 



The form of the scales at once divides Lepina from Aulacolepis ; 

 in habit it closely agrees with Apolepis, but the sutural grooves 

 dividing the anterior episterna from the prosternum separate it 

 from that genus. 



1. Lepina hiconspicua, Baly. (PI. IV. fig. 6.) 

 Journ. of Enlom. ii. p. 162. 



Oblonga, subcylindrica, rufo-picea, subnitida, squamis gracili- 

 bus curvatis suberectis vestita; thorace (margine antico ex- 

 cepto), femorum basi, genubus, antennisque extrorsum, nigro- 

 piceis. 



Long. 1 5 lin. 



Hab. Pulo Penang. Collected by Mr. Bowring. 



This insect bears a strong resemblance to Apolepis aspera ; in 

 addition, however, to the structural characters, the scales covering 

 the surface are much narrower, less rigid and less erect, those on 

 the thorax being almost adpressed. Thorax coarsely punctured. 

 Elytra punctate-striate near the suture, confusedly punctured on 

 the disk ; scales arranged as in Apolepis. 



