124 Phyiophaga Mulayana. 



veriring backwards, hinder margin concave ; encarpae broadly 

 ciiltriforin, smooth, impunctate, their upper portion sHglitly 

 raised and produced backwards into an obtuse process ; antennae 

 scarcely more than half the length of the body, five upper joints 

 broadly dilated, obscure purple. '^Ihorax, at the base, nearly a 

 fourth broader than long, sides rounded and converging from base 

 to apex, lateral margin metallic-green, above subconic, remotely 

 punctured. Elytra oblong, distinctly excavated below the basilar 

 space ; humeral callus prominent, bounded within by a distinct 

 longitudinal groove; surface finely but deeply punctured, the 

 punctures rather coarser on the outer disk, arranged in numerous 

 longitudinal rows, which approximate in pairs on the hinder disk; 

 interspaces towards the apex of the elytron thickened, rugose 

 near the outer margin, where are several distinct costae ; inflexed 

 margin metallic-green; apical segment of abdomen with a shallow 

 fovea. 



28. Corynodes fraternus, Baly. 

 Platycorynus fraternus, Baly, Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. 



p. 5. 

 Corynodes fraternus. Marsh. Journ. Lin. Soc. Zool. viii. p. 40. 

 Oblongus, valde convexus, viridi-aeneus, subtus caeruleo-micans, 

 nitidus ; thorace remote sed profunde punctato ; elytris infra 

 basin transversim depressis, sat fortiier punctatis, punctis in 

 striis bifariis confuse dispositis, interspatiis alternis elevatis, 

 ad latera et apicem versus costatis ; antennis obscure aeneis, 

 extrorsum nigris, clava sat dilatata ; frontis margine antico 

 trilobato, lobis lateralibus angulatis, lobo intermedio paullo 

 producto, incrassato. 

 Long. 3 lin. 

 Hab. Sumatra, Java. 



Front deeply but remotely punctured, impressed in the medial 

 line with a longitudinal groove ; the anterior margin separated 

 from the epistome by a deep broad transverse groove, trilobate, 

 the medial lobe thickened, compressed above, and distinctly 

 produced beyond the two lateral ; epistome broader than long, 

 quadrangular, sides converging backwards, anterior margin 

 obsoletely angulate-emarginate ; apex slightly concave, surface 

 soinewhat closely punctured ; encarpas broadly cultriform, smooth, 

 impunctate, upper portion thickened, elevated. Thorax one- 

 fourth broader than long, sides rounded and converging from 

 base to apex, above transversely convex, sides strongly deflexed 



