1 40 Phytophaga Malayana. 



9. Colaspo'tdes fuscocenca, n. sp. 

 Oblongo-ovata, pallide fulvo-picea, aeneo-micans, nitirla ; pc- 



dibus antennisque obscure fiilvis, his gracilibus, apice fiis- 

 cis ; thorace subremote punctato ; elytris fortiter seriatim 

 punctatis, interspatiis apicem versus costatis, punctis disco 

 exterior! confuse dispositis, interspatiis irregulariter elevato- 

 reticulatis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Head very distantly and finely punctured ; epistome campanu- 

 liform, not separated at its apex from the face, anterior border 

 produced into two short broad obtuse teeth, the space between 

 the teeth concavercmarginate, surface smooth, impressed on the 

 upper portion with a few large punctures ; along the upper border 

 of the encarpae is a single row of distinct punctures ; supra-ocular 

 groove broad, rugose-punctate ; antennae slender, filiform, equal 

 to the body in length, five or six outer joints fuscous. Thorax 

 more deeply stained with metallic green than the elytra, trans- 

 verse, sides very slightly rounded and nearly parallel behind the 

 middle, thence obliquely converging and rounded to the apex ; 

 surface coarsely but subremotely punctured. Elytra oblong, 

 convex, very slightly excavated below the basilar space ; humeral 

 callus moderately prominent, bounded within by a longitudinal 

 groove ; surface coarsely punctured, the punctures arranged in 

 double rows at the base and on the inner disk, each pair contract- 

 ing on the hinder disk into a single irregular row, the interspaces 

 towards the apex costate ; on the outer disk the puncturing is 

 confused, and the interspaces thickened and irregularly reticulate. 

 Apex of anal segment of abdomen concave-emarginate. Anterior 

 pair of thighs thicker than the others, armed beneath with a small 

 tooth. 



10. Colaspo'ides micans, n. sp, 



Anguste oblonga, convexa, picea, nitida, aeneo-violaceo-micans ; 

 pedibus antennisque fidvis, his extrorsum nigris ; elytris 

 fortiter punctatis, punctis in striis bifariis dispositis, inter- 

 spatiis ad apicem et disco exteriori costatis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 

 Hab. Celebes. 



Head smooth, impunctate ; epistome wedge-shaped, sides 

 straight and converging backwards, apical border obsolete, 

 middle of anterior border concave-emarginate ; antennas nearly 



