156 Phytophaga Malay ana. 



scarcely broader than long, sides regularly rounded ; upper sur- 

 face transversely convex, closely covered with transverse raised 

 strigae, which here and there anastomose, more especially on the 

 sides ; interspaces finely punctured. Scutellum pentagonal. 

 Elytra closely covered with coarse deeply impressed punctures, 

 arranged in striae along the suture and towards the apex, irregu- 

 larly placed on the outer disk ; interspaces thickened, and forming 

 close irregular reticulations, on the hinder half of the surface 

 they become distinctly costate ; the anterior three-fifths of the 

 suture, a subsutural vitta which commences at the end of the 

 sutural line and runs parallel to the suture nearly to the apex, 

 together with five irregular spots on the disk of each elytron, 

 bright metallic-purple ; these spots are placed as follows, — one 

 submedian, common, the second covering the humeral callus, the 

 third subbasal, halfway between the humeral callus and the 

 suture, the fourth transverse, on the outer portion of the middle 

 disk, sends a short branch downwards to join the subsutural vitta, 

 the fifth oblong, on the outer disk halfway between its middle 

 and apex. 



2. Scelodonla purpureomaculata, Baly. 

 Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 1. 



Oblonga, convexa, cupreo-aurea, nitida ; antennis (articulis 

 basalibus exceptis), thoracis elytrorumque maculis metallico- 

 purpureis ; thorace transversim elevato-strigoso ; elytris pro- 

 funde rugoso-punctatis, costatis ; tarsis nigris. 



Long. 2| — 3 lin. 



Hab. Celebes. 



Head coarsely rugose-punctate, front impressed with a longi- 

 tudinal groove, which extends downwards to the apex of the 

 epistome, the anterior margin of the latter angulate-emarginate ; 

 antennae rather longer than the head and thorax, one or more of 

 the basal joints cupreous. Thorax similar in form and sculpturing 

 to S. curculionoides. Scutellum subpentagonal, rugose-punctate. 

 Elytra very similar in sculpture to .S. curculionoides, with this ex- 

 ception, that the costae visible on the hinder portion of the surface 

 in the former species, in the present case extend to the base, 

 but are fewer in number and less distinct; each elytron has 

 two patches at the base, one covering the humeral callus, the 

 other subbasal, placed midway between the shoulder and the 



