Phytophaga Malayana. 289 



and along tlie outer border are placed several others, longi- 

 tudinal, the surface of all being deeply punctured. 



3. ^sernia Whitei, Baly. (PI. V.* fig. 6.) 

 Journ. of Entom. i. p. 293. 

 Elongata, convexa, subparallela, metallico-viridis, nitida; capita 

 (plagd magna frontali excepta), thorace infra,' mesocoxis, 

 trochanteribus, femoribus infra abdominisque apice, rufo- 

 fulvis; antennis nigro-caeruleis, articulo basali subtus fulvo ; 

 thorace laete viridi-aeneo, apice lateribusque rufo-fulvo mar- 

 ginato ; elytris sat fortiter punctato-striatis, striis apicem 

 versus fere deletis, utrisque infra basin transversim sulcatis 

 foveisque noniiullis impressis, metallico-viridibus, purpureo- 

 micantibus, fascia transversa vix pone medium ulrinque ab- 

 breviata fulva, instructis. 

 Long. 7 — 9 lin. 

 Hab. New Guinea, VVaigiou. 



Elongate, subparallel, moderately convex. Head impressed 

 between the eyes with a large triangular fovea; antennas filiform, 

 two-thirds the length of the body. Thorax about a third as broad 

 again at the base as long, narrowed from base to apex, apical margin 

 concave, sides straight, obliquely narrowed at the apex ; above 

 smooth and shining, middle of the disk impressed with a faint 

 longitudinal line; just within the outer border are a number of 

 deep irregular excavations, the surfaces of which are deeply punc- 

 tured ; the green colour of the disk varies greatly in extent in 

 different individuals, in some covering nearly the whole thorax, in 

 others occupying only the centre of the disk, the rest of the surface 

 being rufo-fulvous. Elytra scarcely broader than the base of the 

 thorax, sides subparallel, apex subacutely rounded; surface of 

 each impressed with eleven rows of punctures, the first abbre- 

 viated ; on the basal half the striae are well marked and deeply 

 punctured, on the apical half they become faint, confused, and 

 nearly obsolete. 



4. Msernla splendida, Boisd. 



Promechus splendidus, Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrol. p. 575. 



Phyllocharis splendida, Blanch. Voy. au Pole Sud, Zool. iv. 



p. 332, pi. xix. fig. 2. 

 Elongata, parallela, convexa, aurea, micans, ore ferrugineo, 

 antennis cyaneis, basi ferrugineis ; thorace nitido, lateribus 

 intus profunda excavato-punctatis ; elytris thorace latioribus, 



