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the same part in the female being normal in structure; the 

 antennes likewise differ in the maie and female, in the former the 

 third joint is only one half longer than the second^ in the female itis 

 considerably longer. A single species resembling greatly several of 

 other gêneras inhabiting Bornéo is known to me. 



Phygasoma borneoensis n. sp. — Fulvous, the mtermediate 

 joints of the antennœ and part of the abdomen hlack, thorax impune- 

 tate; elytra very flnely semiregularly punctate-striate, metallic green, 

 the extrême apex fulvous. — Length, 7-8 mill. 



Head impunctate, fulvous, the extrême vertex sometimes stained 

 with black, frontal élévations very broad and feebly raised, clypeus 

 thickened, broad, subtriangular, antennse extending to the middle 

 of the elytra, the lower three joints fulvous, the following six, black, 

 the last two joints flavous, the second joint short, the third one 

 half longer (ç^) ; the others of nearly equal length and elongate ; 

 thorax about one half broader than long in the maie, twice as broad 

 in the female, the latéral margin feebly rounded at the middle, 

 straight or slightly concave at the base, the anterior angles oblique, 

 thickened, the surface convex, entirely impunctate, fulvous, the 

 base with a narrow, very shallow and strongly sinuate sulcus not 

 extending to the sides ; scutellum black ; elytra finely punctured in 

 closely approached semi-regular rows, a stronger and short row of 

 punctures is placed within the humerai callus, the dise metallic 

 green or blue, the apex to a greater or smaller degree fulvous, 

 underside and legs fulvous, the intermediate abdominal segments 

 blackish. 



Hah. Kina Balu, Bornéo. 



The elytral punctuation in the female is extremely fine and close 

 and the short intrahumeral row of stronger punctures in the maie, 

 is hère entirely wanting. 



