WALLACEA. 97 



elytron STicldenly rouiulod, eraarginate at the suture, sutiiral angle 

 acutely toothed ; surface flattened, convex on the sides, the outer 

 border slightly chlated in the centre, indistinctly emarginate to- 

 wards the apex ; each elytron with eleven rows of deep, regular, 

 but somewhat distantly placed punctures, the first row short ; in- 

 tei-stices flattened, subcostate near the ajiex, where also the jjunc- 

 tiuing is more crowded. Beneath pale fulvous ; anterior thighs 

 thickened, imder surface with a narrow ridge, which is terminated 

 anteriorly by a short acute tooth. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



British Museum and collection of G. Waterhouse, Esq. 



4. Hispopria geniculata, n. sp. Tab. VII. Fig. 5. B.M. 



H. late elongata, pallide fulva ; antennis, ore, genubus tarsisque 



nigris. 

 Long. 7 lin. 



H. broadly elongate, opaque fulvous ; antennae, mouth, knees and 

 tarsi black. Head jmnctured, transversely depressed on the vertex, 

 and •svdth an indistinct longitudinal groove down the front. Tho- 

 rax transverse-quadrate, its anterior margin produced, convex ; 

 sides slightly dilated, rounded in front, nearly straight behind, 

 their outer edge irregularly serrate ; disc coarsely but not very 

 closely punctured ; on its middle in front is a sKghtly raised, 

 impunctate, perpendicular line. Scutellum smooth and sliining, 

 oblong, its apex rounded. Elytra broader than the base of the 

 thorax ; sides nearly parallel ; the apex suddenly rounded, emar- 

 ginate before the suture, sutural angle armed with an acute tooth ; 

 above, flattened along the suture, convex on the side and at the 

 apex ; outer margin slightly dilated, its edge indistinctly emargi- 

 nate ; each elytron with eleven rows of deep distinct punctures, 

 the fi.rst abbreviated, the third, fifth and seventh interstices from 

 the sutiu'e indistinctly costate, the fifth and sixth united towards 

 their apex. Beneath smooth and shining ; abdomen minutely 

 punctured ; legs with the knees and tarsi black ; front pair of 

 tibiae stained with piceous. the under surface canaliculate ; outer 

 edge of groove serrate ; femora of the same pair strongly thick- 

 ened, prodiiced beneath into a flattened ridge, which ls terminated 

 anteriorly by a short acute tooth. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



British Museum and collection of G. Waterhouse, Esq. 



Genus XXVI. WALLACEA. Details, Tab. II. Fig. 6. 



Antennoi (fig. 6 a) modice robustae, ad aj)icem paullo incrassatoe, 

 artieiilo prinio incrassato, suliovato, quatuor proximis longi- 

 tudine fere acqualibus, obconicis, cacteris subcylindricis, paullo 

 incrassatis. 



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