296 Phijtophaga Malayana. 



Elytra punctato-striata aut confuse punctata. Pedes modice 

 robusti ; unguiculis simplicibus. Prosternum non carinatum. 



1. Chrysomela st'ictica, Stal. 

 Ofv. Kongl. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1857, p. 59. 

 Ovalis, obscure asnea, subtus chalybeo-micans ; labri margini- 

 bus testaceis ; capita parcissime punctato ; thorace disco 

 parce, sat rude, latera versus intra marginem densius im- 

 presso-punctato ; elytris seriatim irregulariter remote subim- 

 presso-punctatis. 

 Long. 3J — 4| lin. 

 Hab. Java, Pulo-Penang. 



Epistome separated from the front by a deep semioval groove, 

 from the middle of which a deeply impressed longitudinal line 

 runs upwards to the vertex. Thorax more than twice as broad 

 as long, sides nearly straight and slightly diverging from the base 

 to before the middle, thence rounded and converging to the 

 apex ; disk very distantly impressed with large round punctures, 

 sides thickened, bordered within by a longitudinal depression, 

 covered but not very closely with large foveolate punctures. 

 Elytra broadly oblong, broader than the thorax, convex, im- 

 pressed with large foveolate punctures, arranged very irregularly 

 and distantly in six double longitudinal rows ; interspaces smooth, 

 impunctate. 



Genus Chalcomela, Baly. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. 2nd ser. iii. p. 258. 

 Corpus rotundatum aut rotundato-ovatum, valde convexum. 

 Caput thorace valde insertum, breve ; autennis subincrassatis, 

 dimidio corporis brevioribus, robustis, articulo basali clavato, 

 tribus proximis filiformibus, casteris ad apicem gradatim 

 incrassatis, compresso-dilatatis ; palpis maxillaribus ovatis, 

 articulo primo minuto, secundo tertioque clavatis, penultimo 

 leviter incrassato, ultimo prsecedenti aequali, tnmcato. Thorax 

 transversus, antice late excavatus, ssepe utrinque sinuatus. 

 Elytra thorace plerumque latiora, rotundato-ovata, limbo 

 inflexo dilatato; convexa, regulariter punctato-striata. Pedes 

 breves, robusti ; tarsorum quatuor anticorum articuli basalis 

 pulvillo $ integro, J Jongitudinaliter diviso ; unguiculis 

 muticis. 



1. Chalcomela intermedia, n. sp. 

 Ovato-rotundata, valde convexa, picea, nitida, pedibus (tibiis 



