116 PISTOLACA. 



side is a largo deep excavation which runs obliquely outwards from 

 the centre of the hinder disc to the outer border near its middle ; 

 extreme base with its central portion deflexed, transversely grooved. 

 Scuti'llum smooth, impunctatc. Elytra broader than the thorax ; 

 sides ])arallel, rather broader behind ; ajjcx rounded, its margin 

 finely serrate ; above flattened along the suture, convex on the 

 sides ; each elytron with three elevated costse, their upper edge 

 near the apex, and the whole length of the oiiter one coarsely 

 serrate ; interspaces each impressed with a doul)le row of large 

 deep punctures, second interspace from the suture with a third 

 row at its base, interstices less distinctly costulate than in any 

 of the allied s])eeies. 



Hah. Singapore. 



British Museum, and collections of \\ . ^^^ Saunders, Esq., and 

 J. S. Baly. 



12. Gonophora apicalis, n. sp. B.M. 



G. elongata, sulidepressa, palHde fulva, nitida ; antennis elytronimque 



apice nigris. 

 Long. 2^ lin. 



G. elongate, subdejiressed ; pale shining fulvous ; antenna? and the 

 posterior third of el5*tra black. Head smooth, indistinctly rugose 

 on the vertex ; antennae black, basal joint obsciu'e piceous ; jaws 

 black. Thorax one-thii'd broader than long, substrangulate at 

 the apex ; sides margined, straight and parallel, obtusely angled 

 just before the middle, recurved and deeply sinuate in front, theii' 

 outer edge fhiely serrate ; above convex, cylindrical at the extreme 

 apex, disc gibbous, its posterior portion with a deep transverse 

 rugose excavation which runs obliquely upwards on either side to 

 beyond the middle of the lateral border ; disc smooth and shining, 

 impressed on either side with a few large deep punctures ; basal 

 margin grooved. Scutellum smooth, impunctate. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax ; sides parallel, narrowly margined, their outer 

 border finely serrate ; apex rounded ; above flattened along the 

 back, convex on the sides ; each elj-tron 'with three elevated costse, 

 the outer one less raised in the middle, its upjjer margin serrate ; 

 interspaces with a double row of deep punctiu-es, their interstices 

 transversely costulate ; pale shining fulvous, the apical third black. 

 Beneath sliining fulvous ; apical segment of abdomen stained with 

 piceous. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. Collected by Mr. Cuming. 

 A single specimen in the Museum collection. 



Genus XXXII. DISTOLACA. Details, Tab. II. Pig. 12. 



Anfennch (fig. 12 a) breves, ad apicem subincrassatae, articulo primo 

 bi'e\-i, pnulL) incrassato. secundo illolongiori, tertio paullo elon- 



