Phytopliaga Malayana. 299 



guiculis muticis. Prosternum postice lobatum. Epistcrna 

 postica pone medium intus ampliata. 



I. Plagiodera marginata, n. sp. 

 Anguste oblonga, modice convexa, pallide fulva, nitida, antennis 

 extrorsum nigro-fuscis ; thorace transverse, lateribus leviter 

 rotundatis, antice angustatis, angulo antico rotundato, disco 

 laevi, minute et remote punctato ; elytris oblongis, thorace 

 latioribus, convexis, dorso deplaiiatis, subfortiter striatim 

 punctatis, margine laterali incrassato, nigro-piceis, late fulvo- 

 marginatis. 

 Long. 3| lin. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



Thorax three times as broad as long, sides rounded, converging 

 from the middle to the apex, surface shining, very minutely punc- 

 tured. Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, slightly flattened 

 on the back ; lateral border thickened. 



2. Plagiodera pallida, n. sp. 

 Anguste ovalis, convexa, flava, nitida, antennis basi excepta 

 nigris ; thorace tenuissime punctato ; elytris tenuiter striatim 

 punctatis, margine laterali incrassato. 

 Long. 3 lin. 

 Hab. Amboina. 



Antennae scarcely longer than the head and thorax, subin- 

 crassate, four lower joints flavous, tlie rest black. Thorax nearly 

 three times as broad as long, sides rounded and converging from 

 base to apex, anterior border concave-emarginate, anterior angles 

 subacute ; surface very minutely but irregularly punctured. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax, ovate, finely punctured ; 

 the punctures arranged, although rather indistinctly, in double 

 longitudinal rows. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 PLATE I. 



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Fig. 1. Crioceris semipunctata .. .. .. .. ..29 



2. „ ornata . . . . . . • • . . . . 28 



3. Lema pectoralis .. .. .. .. •• .. 9 



4. „ militaris ,, . • . . • . . . ,. \5 



5. ,, monstrosa .. •• «. •. •. ..16 



6. Temnaspis fVesiwoodii ,. .. .. .« ..41 



7. Crioceris Clarkii . . .. .. .. .. ..33 



8. Brachydactyla discoidea . . . . . . . . 39 



