292 Phytophaga Malayana. 



cuprea, nitida ; thorace transverso, irregulariter punctato ; 

 elytris irregulariter punctato-striatis, punctis concoloribus. 

 Long. 5 lin. 

 Hab. Amboina^ Ceram. 



Very closely related to S. sc'mtillons, and possibly a local variety 

 of that insect. Head rufo-piceous ; antennae pale rufo-fulvous ; 

 thorax rather less closely punctured on the sides than in S. schi- 

 tillans, the puncturing as well as that on the elytra concolorous 

 with the general surface, 



3. Stethomela grandis, n. sp. 

 Anguste oblonga, convexa, cuprea, nitida ; tibiis (basi excepta) 

 tarsisque rufo-fulvis ; antennis basi fulvis, articulis inter- 

 mediis nigris, tribus ultiniis sordide albidis ; thorace tenuiter 

 hie illic sparse punctato ; elytris oblongis, thorace latiori- 

 bus, convexis, infra humeros foveolatis, distincte punctato- 

 striatis. 

 Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey). 



Thorax finely and sparingly punctured, punctures irregularly 

 congregated over the whole surface. Elytra oblong, parallel, outer 

 disk transversely excavated below the shoulder, impressed with 

 several large oblong foveae ; surface distinctly punctate-striate. 



Much larger i\mn S. scintillans ; thorax more finely and dis- 

 tantly punctured. 



4. Stethomela ceneipennis, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entom. i. p. 293. 

 Anguste oblonga, convexa, rufa, nitida; palpis antennisque 

 flavis, his articulis intermediis nigris ; elytris viridi-aeneis, 

 punctato-striatis, lateribus infra humeros trifoveolatis. 

 Long. 4 lin. 

 Hab. Batchian. 



Oblong, convex, shining rufous ; labrum, palpi and antennae 

 yellowish-white, the latter with the fifth and three following joints 

 black ; elytra punctate-striate, bright metallic-green. Head shin- 

 ing, impunctate ; clypeus separated from the face by a very deeply 

 impressed angular groove, from the apex of which a short deeply 

 grooved line runs upwards on the face ; jaws deeply punctate, 

 ■ their apex black ; antennae slender, filiform. Thorax nearly three 

 times as broad as long ; apex slightly concave-emarginate ; sides 



