158 Phytophaga Malayana. 



medium laevibus, convexiusculis, ad apicem subcostatis ; su- 

 tura antice disclque maculis subelevatis nonnullis purpureo- 

 cupreis. 



Lonof. 2 lin. 



Hab. Borneo, Singapore. 



Head coarsely punctured, convex ; face between the eyes im-» 

 pressed with a sliort longitudinal groove; anterior edgeofepi- 

 stome angularly notched ; antennae shorter than half the length of 

 the body, entirely black. Thorax transversely convex ; sides 

 rounded, slightly converging from behind the middle to the apex ; 

 upper surface closely covered with irregular, somewhat coarse, 

 transverse, raised striae, the interstices impunctate; on the anterior 

 edge of the disk the strigse are absent, being replaced by a 

 few deep punctures. Scutellum slightly transverse, pentagonal, 

 coarsely but not very closely punctured. Elytra with the shoul- 

 ders pi'ominent; coarsely punctate-striate, the puncturing finer 

 towards the apex, interspaces transversely rugose-strigose in front, 

 smooth and slightly convex behind the middle, subcostate towards 

 the apex ; on the disk of each elytron are several ill-defined and 

 nearly obsolete purplish-coppery markings. 



5. Scclodonta granulosa, n. sp. 

 Oblonga, convexa, cuprea aut viridi-aenea, nitida; antennis 

 (basi excepta) tarsisque nigris ; fronte rugosa, longitudi- 

 naliter sulcata; thorace irregulariter transversim elevato-stri- 

 goso ; elytris granulosis, sat fortiter punctato-striatis, inter- 

 spatiis ante medium dense rugoso-punctatis, infra humeros 

 transversim rugulosis, convexiusculis, pone medium minus 

 dense punctatis, a])icem versus et disco exteriori subcostatis, 

 4to et 6to ad basin elevatis ; disco maculis nonnullis pur- 

 pureo-cupreis ornato. 

 Var. A. Elytrorum maculis purpureis obsoletis. 

 Long. 2— 2J lin. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak), Celebes. 



Head closely rugose-punctate, interspaces between the punc- 

 tures granulose ; anterior border of epistome produced into two 

 short acute teeth, the space between them angulate-emarginate. 

 Thorax broader than long, sides regularly rounded^ converging at 

 the base and apex ; surface impressed with coarse irregular trans- 

 verse strigas. Scutellum transverse, pentagonal. Elytra slightly 

 narrowed towards the apex, granulose over their whole surface, 



