218 Phytophaga Malay ana. 



subangulatis, piceo-marginatis ; elytris thorace latioribus, ob- 

 lono-is, postice vix attenuatis, infra basin et intra callum bume- 

 rale excavatis, boc elevato ; sat fortiter punctato-striatis, striis 

 prope suturam sulcatis, iis disci exterioris ad apicem fere 

 dcletis, vitta bumerali margineque laterali basi piceis ; pedi- 

 bus elongatis ; femoribus basi attenuatis, subtus dente brevi 

 armatis, posticis intus ante apicem piceo-maculatis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Head triangular, sparingly impressed vvitb large deep punc- 

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

 shaped ; froftt impressed with a longitudinal groove ; jaws piceous ; 

 eyes large, prominent ; antennae longer than the body, their outer 

 half fuscous. Thorax not longer than broad ; sides distinctly 

 angled immediately behind the middle, all the angles slightly pro- 

 duced, acute ; upper surface more or less closely covered with 

 large deep foveolate punctures; just behind the anterior border 

 is a deeply sulcate groove, the surface of which is impressed with 

 a single row of punctures. Elytra broader than the tliorax, ob- 

 long, parallel, impressed below the basilar space and within the 

 humeral callus, the latter elevated, oblique ; strongly punctate- 

 striate, the punctures on the middle disk less strongly impressed 

 towards the apex ; striae near the suture sulcate ; basilar space 

 thickened, more finely punctured than the surrounding surface. 



10. Nodosloma lateralc, n. sp. 



Elongatum, convexum, fulvum, nitidum ; thorace latitudine 

 vix longiori, dorso convexo, vix pone apicem transversim 

 constricto, lateribus medio angulatis, piceo-marginatis, pro- 

 funde foveolato-punctatis, disco impunctato ; elytris thorace 

 latioribus, oblongis, parallelis, infra basin et intra callum 

 humerale excavatis, hoc elevato, obliquo ; sat fortiter punc- 

 tato-striatis, striis pone medium tenuiter punctatis ; utrisque 

 suturd basi, margine laterali ante medium, callo bumerali, 

 punctoque pone medium disci posito, piceis ; pedibus elonga- 

 tis ; femoribus basi attenuatis, subtus dente brevi armatis. 



Var. A. Elytrorum signaturis plus minusve obsoletis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Very nearly allied to N. palUdutn, distinguished from that spe- 

 cies by the smoother, less strongly punctured face, the longer 



