248 Phytophaya Malayuua. 



scarcely longer than broad, sides parallel, apical angle very ob- 

 tuse. Elytra broader than the thorax, subquadrate-ovate, lateral 

 margin narrowly dilated ; convex, slightly excavated below the 

 basilar space ; striae strongly punctured, slightly sulcate on the 

 disk, deeply sulcate near the lateral margin, interspaces very 

 slightly convex, those on the outer disk broadly costate. 



5 1 . Nodosloma nigrum, n. sp. 

 Oblongum, convexum, nigrum, nitidum ; antennis basi fulvis; 

 thorace subconico, subremote punctato ; elytris convexis, 

 thorace latioribus, margine laterali paullo dilatato, infra basin 

 leviter sed late excavatis, callo humerali incrassato, spatio 

 basilar! paullo elevato ; striis integris, subfortiter punctatis, 

 interspatiis leviter convexiusculis ; femoribus modice incras- 

 satis, muticis. 

 Long. Ijlin. 

 Hab. Malacca. 



Head short, deeply buried in the thorax, coarsely and irregu- 

 larly punctured ; anterior border of epistome angulate-emarginate ; 

 labrum black ; eyes large, not prominent, their inner edge very 

 slightly sinuate ; antennae filiform, rather more than half the length 

 of the body, four lower joints fulvous, two basal joints stained 

 above with piceous ; third joint equal in length to the two pre- 

 ceding united. Thorax scarcely broader than long, subconic ; 

 sides straight, converging from base to apex ; above subcylindri- 

 cal, anterior margin bordered within by a transverse groove; sur- 

 face deeply and subremotely punctured. Scutellum semiovate, 

 its apex rounded. Elytra broader than the thorax, subquadrate- 

 oblong, lateral border narrowly dilated ; convex, faintly excavated 

 below the basilar space; striae slightly but distinctly sulcate, some- 

 what finely punctured ; interspaces slightly convex. 



52. Nodostoma nigr'itum, n. sp. 

 Breviter ovatum, valde convexum, nigrum, nitidum j antennis 

 nigro-piceis, basi fulvis ; thorace lateribus rotundatis, a basi 

 ad apicem convergentibus, disco remote, ad latera profunda 

 et crebre punctato, interspatiis disci laevibus, ad latera ele- 

 vato-reticulatis; elytris thorace latioribus, subquadrato-ovatis, 

 postice paullo attenuatis, limbo laterali anguste dilatato, con- 



