288 Phytophaga Malayana. 



upper surface convex, impressed below the shoulders with three 

 or four nearly obsolete fovese ; each elytron with eleven distinctly- 

 punctured sulcate striae, the first very short, all the others ter- 

 minating just below the middle of the elytron ; posterior two-fifths 

 of the surface fulvous, irregularly punctured. 



2. ^sernia regalis, Baly. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. 3rd ser. i. p. 618. 

 Elongata, convexa, supra fulva, nitida, verticis plaga elytrisque 

 viridi-metallicis, his margine angusto, plaga humerali fasciaque 

 lata flexuosa, vix pone medium posita, fulvis ; antennis nigro- 

 geneis ; thorace transverso-quadrato, lateribus longitudinaliter 

 sulcato ; subtus senea, prothorace abdominisque apice fulvis; 

 femoribus anticis basi et infra rufo-piceis. 

 Long. 9 lin. 

 Hab. Aru Islands. 



Elongate, subparallel, convex, bright shining fulvous above, a 

 large patch on the vertex, and the elytra, bright metallic green ; 

 these latter with a narrow line on their outer margin, a patch on 

 the shoulder and a broad transverse flexuose band immediately be- 

 hind their middle, fulvous ; antennae nigro-aeneous, two basal joints 

 fulvous beneath. Head smooth, impunctate, face impressed be- 

 tween the eyes with a large deep triangular fovea, divided in 

 the centre by a longitudinal groove, which extends upwards on 

 the vertex ; epistome distantly punctured ; apex of jaws obscure 

 aeneous ; antennae rather longer than half the body. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long ; apical border regularly concave-emar- 

 ginate ; sides subparallel, subsinuate, narrowed in front, anterior 

 angles submucronate, their apex obtuse ; above smooth and shin- 

 ing, impunctate, sides impressed just within their outer border 

 with several deep foveae, which are more or less confluent, and 

 form a deep longitudinal fossa, which extends nearly from the 

 base to the apex of the thorax. Scutellum subtrigonate, its apex 

 obtuse. Elytra rather broader than the thorax ; sides subparallel, 

 slightly sinuate below the shoulders, indistinctly dilated behind 

 their middle ; apex angustate-rotundate ; above convex, each 

 elytron with eleven regular rows of distinct punctures, the outer 

 one placed on the extreme lateral edge, the first abbreviated a 

 short distance from its base, the others irregular below their 

 middle, and entirely lost on the apical third of the surface, which 

 is smooth and nearly free from punctures ; on the disk below 

 the shoulders are three short transverse deeply impressed fossae. 



