260 Phytophaga Malayana. 



pauUo longioribus, articulo primo incrassato, secundo paullo 



incrassato ; ocidis non prominentibus. Thorax transversus, 



basi elytris fere aequilatus, lateribus rotundato-angustatis, 



baud angulatis. Elytra convexa, infra basin non excavata, 



regulariter punctato-striata. Pedes meA\ocve^;femoribus niu- 



ticis ; tibils quatuor posticis extus ante apiceni emarginatis ; 



unguiculis appendicnlatis. Episterna antica trigonata, sulcis 



inter episterna et prosternum obsoletis. 



Nodina is very closely related to Nodostoma ; it agrees in nearly 



all its structural cbaracters, but differs so completely in habit that 



it is impossible to merge the two genera into one. 



1 . Nodina gigas, n. sp. 



Late ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, antennis basi fulvis ; thorace 

 tenuiter sat remote punctato ; elytris sat fortiter punctato- 

 striatis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Head flat, distantly punctured ; the extreme upper part of the 

 vertex coarsely impresso-strigose ; antennae robust, half the length 

 of the body, four lower joints fulvous, stained above with piceous. 

 Thorax more than twice as broad at the base as long ; sides 

 quickly rounded and converging from base to apex ; above trans- 

 versely convex, sides obliquely deflexed in front ; surface dis- 

 tantly impressed with round shallow punctures. Elytra slightly 

 narrowed towards the apex, rather strongly but not coarsely 

 punctate-striate. 



This species maybe at once known by its large size and entirely 

 black colour. 



2. Nodivafnlvipes, n. sp. 



Breviter ovata, postice paullo attenuata, valde convexa, nitida, 

 subtus picea, pedibus rufo-fulvis, supra cupreo-aenea ; an- 

 tennis basi fulvis, extrorsum pallide piceis ; thorace lateribus 

 rotundatis, a basi ad apicem convergentibus, dorso transver- 

 sim convexo, lateribus antice oblique deflexis, distincte sub- 

 remote punctato ; elytris punctato-striatis. 



Long. 1 — 1| lin. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Front remotely punctured ; anterior border of epistome angu- 



