254 Phytophaga 3Ialayana, 



Head prominent, deeply but not closely punctured ; anterior 

 maro-in slightly subangulate-emarginate ; laljrum and antennae 

 fulvous, the latter filiform. Thorax half as broad again as long; 

 sides rounded, converging in front, surface deeply punctured, sides 

 obliquely deflexed in front. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 parallel, excavated below the basilar space. 



II. Elytra foveolate-str'iate. 



60. Nodoslovia Jansoni, Baly, 

 Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 13. 



Elnngatum, subcylindricum, viridi-metallicum, nitidum, subtus 

 (cum antennis) nigro-piceum ; antennarum basi, tibiis tarsisque 

 pallide rufo-piceis; thorace crebre foveolato-punctato ; elytris 

 thorace vix latioribus, infra basin non excavatis, profunde 

 foveolato-striatis, interspatiis subcostatis ; femoribus subtus 

 dente brevi armatis. 



Long, 2 lin. 



Hab. Singapore. 



Head prominent, coarsely and deeply punctured, interspaces 

 on either side the vertex indistinctly reticulate-strigose, those on 

 the lower part of the front obsoletely transversely wrinkled; 

 middle of tlie front impressed with a short longitudinal groove ; 

 epistome broader than long, its anterior border slightly concave- 

 emarginate ; labium fulvous ; jaws black ; antennee fihform ; eyes 

 prominent, inner border sinuate. Thorax half as broad again as 

 long ; sides rounded, converging in front, very faintly angled 

 behind the middle ; upper surface closely covered with large round 

 deeply-impressed punctures ; anterior border bounded within by 

 a deep transverse groove. ScutelluiB semiovate. Elytra rather 

 broader than the thorax, parallel, not excavated below the basilar 

 space; closely covered with large round deeply-impressed foveas 

 arranged in longitudinal rows; interspaces between the rows 

 thickened, subcostate. Legs subelongate. 



Genus Stethotes, n. g. 



Corpus ovatum, valde convexum. Caput modice exsertum ; 

 vertice plerunnque tumido, utrinque super oculum saepe 



