Pliytopliaya Malayana. 2ol 



4. Slethotes lateralis, Baly. 

 JPyropida lateralis, Baly, Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Pliyt. p. 15. 

 Anguste ovata, valde convexa, postice attenuata, nigra, nitida, 

 antennis basi fulvis ; thorace conico, fortiter punctato ; elytris 

 postice atteniiatis, fortiter punctato-striatis ; episternis anticis 

 longitudinaliter elevatis. 

 Long. ]^ lin. 

 Hab. New Guinea (Am Islands), Borneo. 



Upper portion of the front not swollen, broadly excavated on 

 either side above the eye, middle portion obliquely impresso-strigose 

 on either side, the strigse closely punctured; lower portion, together 

 with the epistome, deeply but not closely punctured ; labruni and 

 four lower joints of antennae fulvous. Thorax about a fourth as 

 broad again as long ; sides nearly straight, converging from base 

 to apex; anterior border deeply sinuate on either side; above 

 subcylindrical, rather finely punctured on the disk, more deeply 

 and coarsely punctured on the sides. Scutellum much longer than 

 broad, lanceolate, its apex acute. Elytra much broader than the 

 thorax, narrowed from the base towards the apex ; humeral callus 

 prominent ; surface deeply punctate-striate. 



5. Stethotes consimilis, n. sp. 



Anguste ovata vel ovata, valde convexa, caeruleo-nigra, nitida, 

 antennis fulvis, extrorsum piceis ; thorace conico, tenuiter 

 punctato; elytris postice attenuaiis, fortiter punctato-striatis; 

 episternis anticis longitudinaliter elevatis. 



Long. 1| — 1^ lin. 



Hab. Batchian, Bouru. 



Very similar in size and punctuation to the last species ; vertex 

 tinctly swollen, more closely impresso-strigose, its lower portion 

 more sparingly punctured ; antennae piceous, their lower half 

 fulvous. Thorax more finely and distantly punctured. 



6. Stethotes longicollis, n. sp. 



Ovata, valde convexa, nigra, nitida, antennis piceis, basi obscure 

 fulvis ; thorace latitudine vix longiori, tenuiter remote punc- 

 tato ; elytris postice attenuatis, fortiter punctato-striatis; 



