250 Phytojtliaga Malayana. 



groove. Scutellum subpentagonal, sides converging backwards. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, their apex broadly rounded, con- 

 vex, lateral border narrowly dilated ; excavated below the basilar 

 space, sulcate within the humeral calluf , the latter thickened ; 

 striae rather finely punctured, very feebly sulcate, interspaces 

 obsoletely convex, striae on the inner disk and on the basilar space 

 more finely punctured ; sutural and basal margins narrowly edged 

 with metallic-green. 



54. Nudosloma Amboinense, n. sp. 

 Oblongum, convexum, nigrum, nitidum, supra obscure viridi- 

 aeneum ; pedibus obscure piceis ; thorace remote punctato, 

 lateribus rotundatis, paullo ante basin ad apicem convergenti- 

 bus ; elytris thorace latioribus, late oblongis, infra basin et 

 intra callum humerale excavatis ; striis sat fortiter punc- 

 tatis, punctis apicem versus minus fortiter impressis, in- 

 terspatiis planis, ad latera elevatis ; femoribus incrassatis, 

 muticis. 

 Long. Ig lin. 

 Hab. Amboina. 



Head slightly convex, rather distantly punctured, middle of the 

 front impressed with a short longitudinal groove ; anterior border 

 of epistome angulate-emarginate, angles of the notch pale piceous ; 

 labrum and base of antennae fulvous, the latter filiform; encarpae 

 separated from the front by a distinct sutural groove. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long ; sides rounded, nearly parallel at the 

 extreme base, then quickly converging to the apex ; surface 

 remotely punctured ; anterior margin bordered within by a deep 

 transverse groove. Elytra broader than the thorax, broadly ob- 

 long, lateral border narrowly dilated ; excavated below the basilar 

 space, sulcate within the humeral callus, the latter thickened, 

 basilar space also slightly thickened ; striae entire, strongly punc- 

 tured and sulcate on the anterior disk, more deeply sulcate on the 

 sides, the interspaces between the lateral striae thickened ; basilar 

 space finely punctured. 



55. Nodostoma pallidipes, n. sp. 

 Oblongum, convexum, nigrum, nitidum, supra viridi-cyaneum ; 

 antennis basi pedibusque fulvis ; thorace lateribus rotun- 

 datis, tenuiter remote punctato; elytris thorace latioribus, 



