104 ANISODEUA, 



mination of the anterior third of the elytron, and ahbre\'iated just 

 before reaching the apex, and a fourth to^^•ards the outer border, 

 running from the base nearly the whole length ; in addition, placed 

 near the apex are four or five others, shorter and less elevated than 

 the rest. Body beneath sliining pitchy black. 



Hah. Borneo. 



Collection of J. S. Baly. 



5. Anisodera lucidiventris, Gue'r. 

 Giier. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 3;J3. 



A. clongata, nifo-fusca, op;ica ; thoraee piinctato, latitudine longiori, 

 latcribus parallehs, postice soibsinuatis ; elytris pimctato-striatis, 

 striis ad latera confasis, utrisque costis duabus, et postice aliis 

 brevioribus minus distinctis. 



Long. -l^Si lin. 



Thorax longer than broad ; sides nearly parallel, narrowed and in- 

 distinctly sinuate beliind the middle ; above subconvex, closely 

 covered with large coarse piuictures, punctiuing rather less 

 crowded on the centre of the disc ; medial line with a short, 

 indistinctly raised longitudinal line. Elytra deeply punctate- 

 striate, each with two elevated costae running the whole length, 

 sm-face between the ridges ii-regidarly punctured; behind the 

 middle are several shorter costse, less distinctly raised. 



Huh. Java. 



Collections of J. Bowring, Esq., and J. S. Baly. 



B. Femora magis incrassata, elongato-ovata. 

 a. Antennis ad apicem attenuatis. 

 6. Anisodera Whitei, n. sp. B.M. 



A. elongata, subconvexa, obsciu-e fulva ; thoraee subquadi-ato, late- 

 ribus rotundato ; elytris punctato-striatis, obsolete costatis ; an- 

 tennis ad apicem sub attenuatis, articulo tertio duobusque sequen- 

 tibus subcylindricis, apice subito inerassatis. 



Long. 9i Kn. 



A. elongate, subconvex, sHghtly flattened along the back, obscm-e 

 fulvous. Head indistinctly punctured, longitucUnally grooved on 

 the vertex ; antennas robust, attenuated towards theii' apex ; first 

 five joints sliining, the rest opaque ; basal joint incrassate, obovate; 

 second very short, submoniliform ; the three follo'\\dng thick, sub- 

 cylindiical, suddenly swollen at their apex ; eyes piceous. Thorax 

 siibquadrate ; sides rounded, anterior angles indistinctly produced, 

 acute ; anterior margin slightly produced, convex, sinuate in the 

 middle ; above subconvex, indistinctly excavated behind the 

 middle, medial line in front shining, obsoletcly elevated and indi- 

 stinctly grooved; surface covered with large deoj) impressions. 



