232 Phytophaga Malay ana. 



semiovate. Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, oblong, very 

 slightly excavated below the basilar space ; striae entire, strongly 

 punctured, more finely punctured below the middle ; interspaces 

 plane. Thighs thickened. 



D. Antennae subfiliform, seven outer joints compressed and 

 moderately dilated; body ovate, metallic. 



29. Nodostoma aweocupreum, n. sp. 

 Breviter ovatum, valde convexum, cseruleo-nigrum, nitidum; 

 pedibus caeruleis, viridi-micantibus ; supra aureo-cupreum, 

 nitidissimum, metasterno, thoracis lateribus inferioribus ely- 

 trorumque limbo inflexo viridibus; thorace subremote punc- 

 tato, lateribus in medio obsolete angulatis ; elytris thorace 

 vix latioribus, infra basin et intra callum huraerale excavatis, 

 sat fortiter punctato-striatis, striis integris, interspatiis planis; 

 femoribus muticis. 

 Long. 21 lin. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Head short, broad, subremotely punctured ; epistome forming 

 a single piece with the front, its anterior border angulate-emargi- 

 nate, sides of the notch produced, obtuse ; encarpse thickened, 

 separated from the front by a deep groove ; middle of front im- 

 pressed with a short longitudinal groove ; labrum fulvous ; jaws 

 nigro-piceous ; eyes prominent, their inner border slightly sinuate; 

 antennae subfiliform, half the length of the body, seven outer 

 joints compressed and gradually dilated to the apex, outer half of 

 apical joint white. Thorax more than twice as broad as long ; 

 sides rounded, obtusely angled in the middle ; anterior and poste- 

 rior angles armed each with an obtuse tooth ; upper surface sub- 

 remotely punctured, transversely convex, sides deflexed in front. 

 Elytra slightly broader than the thorax, subquadrate-ovate, dis- 

 tinctly excavated below the basilar space, humeral callus thick- 

 ened ; striae distinctly punctured, interspaces plane. Thighs 

 moderately thickened. 



E. Antennce Jiliform or subfiliform ; body ovate or oblongs 

 rarely nonmetallic, 



30. Nodostoma rufum, Clark. 

 Rhyparida rufa, Clark, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Feb. 1865. 

 Oblongum, valde convexum, rufo-testaceum, nitidum ; antennis 

 rufo-fulvisj corporis longitudini fere aequalibus, filiformi- 



