234 Phytophaga Malayana. 



nioris, thorace latioribus, paiallelis, apice late rotundatis, 

 convexis, infra basin et intra callum humerale excavatis, 

 limbo laterali paullo dilatato ; striis integris, fortiter punc- 

 tatis, interspatiis planis ; femoribus incrassatis, subtus dente 

 parvo armatis. 

 Long. 3^ lin. 

 Hab. Pulo-Penang. 



Head moderately exserted, coarsely but distantly punctured ; 

 epistome wedge-sliaped, continuous at its apex with the front, its 

 anterior border subangulate-emarginate, angles of the notch not 

 produced, obtuse, surface more closely punctured than the front ; 

 encarpse not separated from the front ; jaws rufo-piceous, the 

 apex black ; antennae slightly longer than the body, filiform, 

 eight outer joints compressed, closely clothed with concolorous 

 hairs. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long ; sides moderately 

 rounded, obliquely converging from base to apex, all the angles 

 tuberculate ; surface deeply and coarsely but not closely punc- 

 tured, the punctures irregularly scattered over the whole disk ; 

 just behind the anterior border is a transverse groove. Scutellum 

 elongate, subtrigonate. Elytra black, much broader than the 

 thorax, broadly oblong, lateral border very narrowly dilated ; 

 above convex, rather deeply excavated below the basilar space, 

 longitudinally sulcate within the humeral callus, the latter thick- 

 ened ; striae entire, strongly punctured ; interspaces plane, spar- 

 ingly impressed with very minute punctures. 



32. Nodusloma collare, n. sp. 

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

 capite (antennis subfiliformibus exceptis) et thorace rufis ; 

 hoc remote punctato ; elytris thorace latioribus, quadrato- 

 ovatis, infra basin et intra callum humerale excavatis, hoc 

 elevato ; striis integris, tenuiter punctatis, punctis apicem 

 versus tenuissime impressis ; femoribus basi scutelloque rufo- 

 piceis ; illis incrassatis, subtus dente brevi armatis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Head smooth and shining, very finely and sparingly punctured ; 

 epistome much longer than broad, forming a single piece at its 

 apex with the front, sides nearly parallel, slightly rounded, con- 

 verging towards the apex, anterior border angulate-emarginate, 

 angles of the notch slightly produced, subacute ; encarpae sepa- 



