1892.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM MADAGASCAR. 5/3 



tellum fulvous ; elytra slightly widened at the middle, very closely 

 and more strongly punctured than the thorax, the interstices 

 obsoletely longitudinally costate at the sides, the shoulders promi- 

 nent ; the breast and abdomen as well as the posterior iemora 

 black ; legs fulvous. 



This species varies in having metallic green or purplish elytra ; in 

 two specimens the antennae have the last three joints black, in one 

 they are entirely fulvous. 



AsPHiERA MADAGASCARIENSIS, n. sp. 



Fulvous, shining ; the antennae (the basal two joints excepted), 

 the apex of the femora, and the tibise and tarsi black ; thorax im- 

 punctate ; elytra closely punctured and finely rugose. 



Length 4 lines. 



Head impunctate, deeply transversely grooved between the eyes ; 

 frontal tubercles transverse, distinct ; clypeus swollen ; palpi black ; 

 antennae robust, black, the basal two joints fulvous, the terminal 

 joints rather flattened ; thorax nearly three times as broad as long, 

 the sides with a broad and reflexed margin, strongly rounded ; the 

 disc uneven, depressed at the sides and at the middle, impunctate, 

 shining ; elytra closely punctured, the interstices everywhere finely 

 wrinkled and rugose ; the apex of the femora and the tibise and tarsi 

 black, tibise deeply channelled ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi as 

 long as the following joints together, claws moderately swollen. 



Apparently allied to A. melanarthra, Fairm., but differing in the 

 colour of the legs and the wrinkled elytra, also in having but two 

 joints of the antennae fulvous ; M. Fairmaire describes his species 

 as having fuscous legs (femora 3-4 excepted) (?), which is (probably 

 through a misprint) unintelligible. 



ASPH^RA BREVICORNIS, U. Sp. 



Flavous ; the head, thorax, and legs pale fulvous ; antennae (the 

 basal four joints excepted) black, short; thorax impunctate; elytra 

 very minutely and closely punctured. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles transverse, nearly con- 

 tiguous ; clypeus raised, short and truncate at the raised portion ; 

 labrum, jaws, and palpi fulvous ; antennae only extending to the base 

 of the elytra, black, the basal four joints fulvous, the third joint 

 slightly shorter than the fourth, terminal joints thickened ; thorax 

 more than twice as broad as long, rather strongly narrowed in front, 

 the sides slightly rounded, narrowly marginate, the anterior angles 

 rather strongly produced and thickened, the surface impunctate, 

 shining, fulvous, rather deeply longitudinally sulcate near the 

 lateral margins ; elytra pale flavous, very finely and closely 

 punctured ; legs fulvous ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi as 

 long as the following joints together ; claws rery slightly incrassate. 



This species has nearly simple, that is scarcely swollen, posterior 

 claws, but agrees in all other respects with Asphcera. 



Proc. Zool. See— 1892, No. XXXIX. 39 



