216 Phytophaga Malay ana. 



pairs armed towards their apex beneath with a fine acute tooth, 

 basal half of the same thighs obscure fulvous ; all the legs spar- 

 ingly covered with long silky hairs. 



6. Nodostoma fVallacei, n. sp. 

 Elongatum, convexum, eeneo-piceum, nitidum ; thorace rude 

 rugoso-punctato, lateribus pone medium angulatis, dente 

 acuto armatis; elytris thorace latioribus, oblongis, infra basin 

 et intra callum humerale excavatis, hoc in cretam obUquain 

 elevato ; fortiter punctato-striatis, interspatiis costatis, disco 

 exteriori ante medium rude elevato-reticulatis ; pedibus 

 longissimis, piceis, femoribus quatuor posticis basi obscure 

 fulvis, subtus dente parvo instructis. 

 Var. A. Corpore pallida piceo. 

 Long. 2^ — 3 lin. 

 Hab. Borneo. 



Head subelongate, coarsely, deeply and irregularly punctured ; 

 epistome wedge-shaped, not separated at its apex from the front ; 

 lower portion of the front impressed with a deep longitudinal 

 groove ; antennae slender, fuscous, three or four basal joints ful- 

 vous, more or less stained above with fuscous ; eyes prominent. 

 Thorax scarcely longer than broad ; sides angled just behind the 

 .middle, the angle itself produced into a short acute tooth; ante- 

 rior angles acute, hinder armed with an obtuse tooth ; upper 

 surface coarsely and deeply punctured ; interspaces irregularly 

 thickened ; just behind the anterior border is a deep groove, 

 which extends entirely across the thorax. Scutellum longer than 

 broad, trigonate, its apex obtuse. Elytra much broader than the 

 thorax, oblong. 



b. Legs elongate or subelongate. 



7. Nodostoma elegantulum, n. sp. 



Elongatum, convexum, viridi-metallicum ; antennis pedibusque 

 nigro-piceis, his aeneo-micantibus ; femoribus basi labroque 

 fulvis ; thorace subremote fortiter punctato ; elytris thorace 

 paullo latioribus, oblongis, infra basin et intra callum hume- 

 rale excavatis, fortiter punctato-striatis, striis pone medium 

 fere deletis ; pedibus sat elongatis ; femoribus basi attenu- 

 atis, anticis subtus angulatis, quatuor posticis subtus dente 

 acuto armatis. 



Long. 2 J lin. 



Hab. Celebes. 



