238 Phytophaga Malayana. 



tinct groove ; middle of the front impressed with a short but deep 

 longitudinal groove ; labrum rufous ; jaws nigro-piceous ; antennte 

 rather more than half the length of the body, seven outer joints 

 compressed and thickened, gradually but slightly dilated toward 

 the apex of the antennae, terminal joint ovate, four lower joints 

 obscure fulvous. Thorax twice as broad as long ; sides rounded, 

 very obtusely angled in the middle, lateral border narrowly di- 

 lated, anterior and posterior angles tuberculate ; upper surface 

 transversely convex ; sides obliquely deflexed in front, distinctly 

 but subremotely punctured. Scutellum broader than long, sub- 

 pentagonal. Elytra slightly broader than the thorax, convex, 

 slightly excavated below the basilar space and within the humeral 

 callus, the latter thickened ; striae entire, distinctly but some- 

 what finely punctured; the interspaces plane; lateral margin 

 narrowly dilated. 



57. Nodobloma basale, n. sp. 

 Ovatum, valde convexum, viridi-metallicum, nitidum ; pedibus 

 cyaneo-aeneis; antennis filiformibus, (basi picea except^) ni- 

 gris ; thorace subremote punctato, creta brevi basali elevata 

 instructo, lateribus rotundatis, a basi ad apicem convergenti- 

 bus ; elytris thorace latioribus, convexis, breviter oblongis, 

 infra basin et intra callum humerale excavatis; striis integris, 

 sat fortiter punctatis, punctis in spatio basilari et pone medium 

 magis tenuiter impressis ; interspatiis obsolete convexius- 

 culis; margine laterali anguste dilatato ; femoribus incrassatis, 

 subtus dente minuto armatis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 

 Hab. Java. 



Very similar in coloration and sculpturing to N. viride {ante, 

 p. 236) ; body narrower and more parallel ; head rather more 

 closely and more irregularly punctured ; middle of front slightly 

 convex; labrum notched as in the above-named species; sides 

 of thorax less rounded, middle portion nearly straight ; placed on 

 the centre of the basal margin is a short strongly-raised longi- 

 tudinal ridge. Thighs armed beneath with a very minute tooth. 



38. Nodostoma viridiceneum, Baly. 

 {N. viridicsnea), T)esc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 12. 

 Oblongum, convexum, viridi-aeneum, nitidum, subtus obscure 

 nigro-caeruleum ; pedibus viridi-micantibus ; thorace sat ere- 



