164 Phijtophaga Malayana. 



conic, much narrower than the elytra, remotely punctured. Elytra 

 narrowed from the base towards the apex, transversely grooved 

 below the basihr space; humeral callus prominent ; each elytron 

 impressed with thirteen rows of punctures, the first short, tenth 

 and eleventh rows confluent anteriorly, commencing immediately 

 below the humeral callus ; the golden patch occupies at its base 

 the whole space between the humeral calli, but gradually nar- 

 rowing posteriorly, becomes at last a mere sutural line. 



B. Thorax transverse, nearly as broad as the elytra ; body rarely 



metallic. 



2. Rhyparida biplagiata, Baly. 



Pyropida biplagiata, Baly, Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Fhyt. 



p. 15. 



Ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida ; fronte picea ; antennis fulvis; 

 thorace basi transverso, lateribus antice valde declivibus, 

 subremote tenuissime punctato ; elytris ovatis, apicem versus 

 paullo attenuatis, infra basm transversim excavatis, distincte 

 punctato-striatis, interspatiis planis ; femoribus subtus dente 

 acuto armatis, tarsis piceis. 



Mas. — Elytris plaga magna, a basi pone medium et a margine 

 laterali fere ad suturam extensa, rufo-fulv4. 



Fcem. — Elytris totis nigris. 



Long. 1| — 2 lin. 



Hab. Balchian. 



Head granulose ; front rufo-piceous, upper portion obliquely 

 strigose on either side, medial line impressed with a shallow 

 longitudinal groove ; epistome not separated from the front, the 

 apical suture being entirely obsolete, sides straight and parallel, 

 anterior margin produced into two short teeth, surface remotely 

 punctured ; antennae slender, filiform. Thorax transverse at 

 the base, sides strongly deflexed from behind the middle to 

 the apex, lateral margins rounded, converging in front ; surface 

 remotely and very minutely punctured, the punctures being only 

 visible under a strong lens. Elytra oval, slightly narrowed be- 

 hind, convex, moderately excavated below the basilar space and 

 within the humeral callus, the latter moderately prominent ; sur- 

 face distinctly punctate-striate, the eighth, ninth and eleventh 

 striae commencing on the hinder portion of the humeral callus, the 

 tenth commencing just before the middle of the disk. 



