224 Phytophaga Malay ana. 



17. Nodosloma Javanense, n. sp. 

 Elongatiim, angustatum, convexum, nigrum, nitiduin ; capite, 

 tliorace pedibusque nifo-fulvis ; antennis, basi exceptis, ni- 

 gris ; thorace subreinote punctate, lateribus pone medium 

 angulatis ; elytris thorace latioribus, parallelis, infra basin at 

 intra callum humerale excavatis ; striis ante medium sat 

 fortiter punctatis, subsidcatis, interspatiis convexiusculis ; 

 striis pone medium minus fortiter punctatis, interspatiis 

 planis ; femoribus muticis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 

 Hab. Java. 



Head exserted, deeply punctured ; epistome forming a single 

 piece with the front, its anterior border subangulate-emarginate ; 

 encarpse not separated from the front ; jaws and antennae black, 

 four lower joints of the latter fulvous. Thorax half as broad again 

 as long ; sides distinctly angled behind the middle, thence ob- 

 liquely converging to the apex ; upper surface coarsely but sub- 

 remotely punctured. Elytra broader than the thorax, narrowly 

 oblong, parallel, excavated below the base and within the humeral 

 callus, the latter thickened ; striae entire, deeply punctured and 

 subsulcate in front, the interspaces slightly convex ; behind the 

 middle they are less deeply punctured, and the interspaces plane. 



1 8. Nodostoma gratum, n. sp. 

 Subelongaturn, convexum, nigro-piceum, nitidum ; antennis, 

 pedibus elytrisque fulvis, his thorace multo latioribus, infra 

 basin excavatis; striis sat fortiter punctatis, integris; punctis, 

 linea sutuiali alteraque laterali, hac medio intus dilatata, 

 piceis ; thorace longitudine vix latiori, lateribus pone medium 

 distincte angulatis, dorso subremote punctato ; femoribus 

 muticis. 

 Long 1 lin. 

 Hab. Celebes. 



Head prominent, coarsely punctured ; interspaces on either side of 

 the vertex reticulate-strigose ; lower portion of the front impressed 

 with a longitudinal groove; epistome wedge-shaped, continuous 

 with the front, anterior margin angulate-emarginate. Thorax 

 scarcely broader than long ; sides rounded and converging from 

 base to apex, distinctly angled behind the middle, the angle itself 

 slightly produced ; above deeply but remotely punctured, sides 



