PhyLophaga Malay ana. 113 



within the humeral calhis, the hitter moderately prominent; sur- 

 face somewhat closely covered with double rows of punctures ; 

 subhumeral tubercle distinct. 



15. Corynodes Julgurans, Marshall. 

 Journ. Lin. Soc. Zaol. viii. p. 40. 



Elongatus, convexus, viridi-aeneus, nitidissimus ; thorace lon- 

 gitudine vix latiori, supra subconico, remote punctato ; elytris 

 infra basin subprofunde excavatis, subtenuiter punctatis, 

 punctis in striis bifariis confuse dispositis, interspatiis prope 

 marginem lateralem elevato-vittatis ; antennis fusco-seneis, 

 clava purpurea nigra, modice dilatala; frontis margine antico 

 trilobato, lobo intermedio depresso, paulloproducto, non com- 

 presso. 



Mas. — Tibiis intermediis extus leviter emarginatis. 



Long. 4 — \\ lin. 



Hab. Ceram. 



Head coarsely punctured, face impressed with a longitudinal 

 groove, anterior border trilobate, separated from the encarpae and 

 epistome by a sutural groove, lobes rounded, medial produced, 

 deflexed ; epistome not broader than long, sides converging 

 backwards; apex broadly truncate, concave-emarginate ; sur- 

 face rugose-punctate; encarpae smooth, cultriform, the upper 

 portion of the surface thickened ; antennae rather more than half 

 the length of the body, five upper joints narrowly dilated, seventh 

 joint narrower than the eighth. Thorax slightly broader than 

 long; sides rounded and converging from base to apex; anterior 

 angles acute, hinder angles armed with a short tooth ; above sub- 

 conic, sides strongly and obliquely deflexed in front ; surface 

 deeply but remotely punctured. Elytra oblong, parallel, mo- 

 derately excavated in the middle below the basilar space ; 

 humeral callus moderately prominent, bounded within by a 

 shallow longitudinal depression ; surface not very strongly punc- 

 tured, the punctures irregularly placed in double longitudinal 

 rows; on the outer disk, just within the lateral margin, are two 

 elevated costae ; subhumeral tubercle prominent. Outer edge of 

 intermediate tibiae slightly but distinctly sinuate. 



16. Corynodes propinquiis, n. sp. 



Anguste-oblongus, convexus, rufo-fusco-asneus, violaceo-mi- 

 cans; thorace longiludine vix latiori, sat profunde sed remote 



