Phytophaga Malayana. 241 



lerspatiis elevato-reticulatis, ad latera reticulato-strigosis, 

 lateribus rotundatis, a basi ad apicem convergentibus ; elytris 

 thorace latioribus, breviter oblongis, convexis, infra basin ex- 

 cavatis ; striis sulcatis, snlcis pone medium minus fortiter 

 impressis, vermiculato-punctatis, interspatiis ante medium 

 convexis, pone medium convexiusculis ; femoribus modice 

 incrassatis, muticis. 

 Long. 1| lin. 

 Hab. Tondano. 



Head coarsely and irregularly punctured ; anterior border of 

 epistome subangulate-emarginate, angles of the notch acute ; 

 labrum and jaws piceous ; antennae filiform, three-fourths the 

 length of the body, two lower joints fulvous, the basal stained above 

 with piceous, third and fourth joints piceous. Thorax nearly 

 twice as broad as long ; sides rounded, converging from behind 

 the middle to the apex; upper surface closely covered with large 

 deeply-impressed punctures, interspaces coarsely elevate-reticu- 

 late, reticulate-strigate on the sides; just behind the anterior 

 border is a transverse sulcation, extending entirely across the 

 surface. Scutellum pentagonal, the apical angle indistinct. Ely- 

 tra broader than the thorax, parallel, broadly oblong, excavated 

 below the basilar space and within the humeral callus, the latter 

 thickened ; striae sulcate, sulci less deeply impressed behind the 

 middle, vermiculate-punctate ; interspaces raised and convex in 

 front, very slightly convex behind the middle. 



42. Nodosloma piceipes, n. sp. 



Oblongum, convexum, cyaneo-aeneum, nitidum ; antennis ful- 

 vis, pedibus rufo-piceis ; thorace lateribus rotundatis, a basi 

 ad apicem rotundatis, fortiter subremote punctato ; elytris 

 thorace latioribus, subquadrato-oblongo, margine laterali 

 paullo dilatatis, infra basin et intra callum humerale excava- 

 tis ; striis sat fortiter punctatis, leviter sulcatis, punctis ad 

 apicem minus fortiter impressis ; interspatiis prope suturam 

 et ad marginem lateralem convexis; femoribus (praesertim 

 anticis) incrassatis, subtus dente minuto arraatis, intermediis 

 muticis. 



Long. 1| lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Salwatty). 



Head coarsely and deeply but not very closely punctured ; epi- 

 stome forming a single piece with the front, its anterior border 



