414 Longicornia Malayana. 



Ehjlra elongata, depressa, lateraliter deflexa, plerumque 

 bicarinata. Pedes breves, postici paulo longiores, abdomen 

 vix siiperantes. Sterna simplicia. Abdomen segmentis sub- 

 aequalibus. 

 This genus was long confounded with Glenea under the name 

 of Sphcnura, but this name being preoccupied was changed by 

 Mr. Newman in 1812 to the former. Sixteen years later M. Chev- 

 rolat, having learnt this fact " d'apres M. Newman,'' changed it 

 again to the queer-looking word " Nupserha" (an anagram of 

 Sp/tenura), although he had previously adopted Glenea, as it is 

 now limited. In the work quoted above M. Thomson has satis- 

 factorily differentiated this genus, which, by its flattened elytra, 

 short legs, subequal abdominal segments, and general appear- 

 ance, is a natural one and very distinct from Glenea. It con- 

 tains several African species, some of them closely allied to the 

 Asiatic; they are all yellowish or brownish-yellow or yellowish- 

 red, with the apices of the elytra and the last abdominal segment 

 generally black. The carina on the deflexed portion of the 

 elytron is not always very evident, and often there is also a 

 shorter carina on the disk. 



Nupserha fricalor. 

 Superda fricator, Dalman, Nov. Spec. Ins. t. 1 {apud Laporte), 

 N. testacea ; capite, antennis, et segmento ultimo abdominis 

 nigris ; elytris apicem versus nigricantibus ; prothorace im- 

 punctato. 

 Huh. — Java, Malacca, Macassar, Menado. 

 Testaceous ; head, antennae and last abdominal segment black, 

 hind-head sometimes testaceous ; prothorax impunctate ; scutel- 

 lum semicircular; elytra rather strongly punctured, blackish or 

 blackish-grey towards the apex; body beneath and legs yellowish- 

 testaceous. 



Length 4 — 7 lines. 



Nupserha ustulata, Er., from Manilla, amongst other differences, 

 has the prothorax finely punctured. 



SCVTASIS. 



Caput antice quadratum ; tuberibus antenniferis validis, sub- 

 erectis, basi contiguis. Oculi mediocres. Antennce modice 

 elongatae, sublineares. Prothorax irregularis, lateraliter 

 basin versus constrictus. Elytra angustata, elongata, latera- 

 liter subito deflexa, singula tricarinata, apicibus bimucronatis. 



