CALLlSrA. 



broadly excavated on either side, coarsely punctured, puncturing 

 more scattered on the disc. Scutellum broad, obtuse. Elytra 

 broadly ovat<^ ; .shouldoi-s prominent, sul)rcctangular, humeral angle 

 obtuse ; margin dilated, slightly dellexed ; apex regularly rounded ; 

 above subconvex, disc punctatc-slriate, the puncturing rather 

 fainter towards the apex ; margin closely and irregularly punc- 

 tured. Body shining black beneath ; abdomen and legs obscure 

 t'ulvoiis. 



Ilah. Philippine Islands. 



A single specimen in the British Museum, brought by H. Ciuning, 

 Esq. 



4. Callispa Whitei, n. sp. B.M. 



C. ovata, complanata, dorso modice convexa, nigro-chalybea nitida ; 



antennis nigris ; clytiis cyaneis; subtus nifo-fusca ; pectorc pedi- 



busque obscmioribus. 

 Long. 2 Hn. 



C. ovate, shining nigro-chalybeate ; antennae black, two basal joints 

 piceous, second joint scarcely longer than the first. Head smooth ; 

 forehead produced in front into an angular process which scarcely 

 conceals the insertion of the antcnnte, its apex obtuse, forming the 

 upper termination of a longitudinal ridge, which runs down the 

 face between the antennae. Thorax transverse, as broad again as 

 long ; sides rounded, narrowed from their base to the apex, 

 narrowly margined ; apical margin indistinctly emarginate ; above 

 moderately convex, transversely impressed near the middle of the 

 base ; sides concave, covered "s^dth .a number of large shallow 

 punctures, their interstices granulate ; disc smooth and shining, 

 with a few distinct impressions scattered here and there over its 

 siui'acc ; the apical and lateral borders narrowly edged with 

 piceous ; rest of the surface nigro-chalybeate. Scutellum trans- 

 verse, pentagonal. Elytra ovate, sides broadly margined ; apex 

 rounded ; above moderately convex, deeply punctate-striate ; di- 

 lated margin wdth an irregidar row of shallow punctTU'cs near the 

 outer edge. Beneath pale piceous ; abdomen rufo-fuscous. 



Hah. Borneo. 



British Muse\un, and collection of J. S. Baly. 



Tins species is distinguished from the three preceding, wdth which 

 it agrees in colouring, by its much smaller size and more regularly 

 ovate fonn ; also by the shorter second joint of the antenn®. 



5. Callispa Fortunii, n. sp. Tab. IV. Fig. 2. B.M. 



C. oblongo-elongata, testacea, nitida ; elytris cyaneis ; antennis nigris. 

 Long. 3i lin. 



C. oblong-elongate, shining testaceous ; elytra bright metallic blue ; 

 antenna) black, tlieir basal joint obscure nifous. Head smooth. 



