298 Mr. J. 8. Buly on the Phytophaga. 



Genus Morphosphjeka. 



Corpus ovatum, valde convexum. Caput thoraci insertum; facie fere 

 perpendiculari ; antemm gracilibra, filifonnibus, longitudini corporis 

 aequalibus, articulo priino ciirvato, apicem versus incrassato, duobus 

 proxiinis brevibus, aequalibus, eaeteris longioribus, inter se fere aequa- 

 libus; labro semiovato; mamft&u&sapicedentatis; palpisrohusths, articulo 

 ultimo obtuso ; mento latitudine vix longiore, a basi ad apicem angustato; 

 ocitlis prominulis, integris. Thorax transversus. ScuteUum trigonatum. 

 Elytra brevker ovata, thorace paidlo latiora, valde convexa, confuse 

 punctata. Pedes graciles, simplices; coxis antieis contiguis ; femoribus 

 posticis non incrassatis ; unguiculis appendiculatis. 



In form MorphospTicera closely resembles Adorium ; but the very 

 slender filiform antennae at once divide it from that genus. 



MorphospTicera maculicollis. 



31. ovalis, valde convexa, nitida, nigra ; labro, abdominis margine thoraceque 

 fulvis, hoc nigro 4-notato ; elytris obscure caeruleis, subcrebre punc- 

 tatis. — Long. 5^ lin. 



Hah. India. 



Oval, very convex, shining black; labrum, margin of the abdomen, 

 together with the thorax, fulvous, the latter marked with four black 

 spots, placed transversely across the disk. Head short ; epistome 

 bounded on either side by an oblique groove which extends from the 

 base of the antennae to the angle of the jaw, and seems formed for the 

 reception of the basal joint of the antenna. Thorax more than twice 

 as broad as long, rounded at the base, sides slightly rounded, nar- 

 rowed from the base to the apex, anterior angles slightly prominent, 

 all the angles obtuse ; upper surface finely punctured, impressed with 

 three or four indistinct foveas, lateral border slightly reflexed. ScuteUum 

 trigonate. Elytra ovate, rather broader at their base than the thorax, 

 sides oval, apex regularly rounded ; surface somewhat closely punc- 

 tured, the punctures much deeper and coarser than those on the thorax. 



Genus Xenarthra. 

 Corpus elongatum, angustatum, dorso paullo convexum. Caput exsertum ; 

 antennis difibrmibus, corpore longioribus, 12-articulatis, articulo primo 

 incrassato, secundo brevissimo, subcylindrico, tertio primi longitudini 

 fere aequali, compresso, sursum curvato, a basi ad apicem intra dilatato, 

 augido antico interiore in dentem acutum producto, quarto et quinto 

 sextoque compressis, dilatatis, latitudine fere aequalibus, septimo dif- 

 formi, basi compresso-dilatato, intra prope medium in processum validum 

 flexuosum producto, octavo nouoque angustatis, basi intus in processum 

 Ugulseformem product is, dechno difformi, incrassato, basi angustato, 

 extra et ad apicem emarginato, nngulo antico interiore antrorsum pro- 



