286 Phytophaga Malayana. 



of the body, four basal joints glabrous, shining, the rest opake, 

 covered with short black pubescence. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long ; apex slightly concave-emarginate ; sides nearly straight and 

 subparallel, narrowed and rounded in front, apex of anterior 

 angle obtuse ; above convex, smooth and shining, sparingly im- 

 pressed here and there with a few deep punctures. Scutellum 

 smooth and shining, semiovate. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 oblong-ovate, sides sh'ghtly oval ; apex subacutely rounded ; above 

 convex, deeply punctate-striate, punctures regularly but some- 

 what distantly placed on the striae ; interspaces smooth and 

 shining, impunctate. 



7. Phyllocharis viridicenea, n. sp. 



Elongata, parallela, convexa, viridi-aenea, nitida, antennis nigro- 

 caeruleis, abdomine rufo-fulvo ; thorace lateribus basi rectis, 

 vix ante medium apicem versus rotundato-angustatis, disco 

 fere impunctato, lateribus subcrebre punctato. 

 Long. 2^ lin. 

 Hab. Ceram. 



Thorax twice as broad as long, sides straight and parallel 

 behind the middle, rounded and converging in front ; sides dis- 

 tinctly punctured, disk impunctate. Elytra rather broader than 

 the thorax, subparallel, narrowed towards the apex ; regularly 

 punctate-striate. Antennae nearly two-thirds the length of the 

 body. 



8. Phyllocharis abdominalis, n. sp. 



Elongata, parallela, purpurea, nitida, abdomine rufo-fulvo ; 

 thorace transverso, lateribus fere rectis, viridi-aeneo, sub- 

 tenuiter subremote punctato ; elytris regulariter punctato- 

 striatis ; tibiis tarsisque obscure rufo-piceis. 

 Long. ^2 lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey). 



Head remotely punctured, metallic-green ; antennae robust, two- 

 thirds the length of the body, blue-black. Thorax twice as broad 

 as long, sides straight and parallel, scarcely converging at the 

 apex; surface subremotely impressed witli fine but distinct punc- 

 tures, which are scattered nearly equally over the whole disk. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, subparallel, slightly narrowed 

 near the apex ; regularly punctate-striate. 



This species may be known from the last by the straight sides 



