xv, 6 Schultze: Contribution to Coleoptera Fauna 555 



locyrtus * the reverse is the case ; that is, the posterior femora 

 of the female extend beyond the apex of the elytra. 



Metapocyrtus (Orthocyrtus) ornatus sp. nov. Plate I, fig". 12, $ . 



Black with pale green and golden scale markings. Rostrum 

 strongly coriaceous, an indistinct cross groove at the base. 

 Basal half of the rostrum with a large, squarish, shallow de- 

 pression extending to the front, bearing an irregular spot of 

 reddish golden scales. Front with a medial groove. Prothorax 

 subglobular, coriaceous; an anterior and posterior submarginal 

 groove; an anterior marginal band of reddish golden scales. A 

 medial groove bearing a scale stripe extending from near the 

 anterior to near the posterior margin, toward each lateral mar- 

 gin a broader scale stripe, and at the lateral margin a large 

 oblong spot. Elytra coarsely and rather densely punctured in 

 irregular rows in the male; in the female the punctures are less 

 pronounced and more regular. Each elytron with a broad irreg- 

 ular band at the base, spotlike and expanded near the suture. 

 Another band at about the middle interrupted at the suture, and 

 posterior of the latter another irregular band. The band at 

 the middle confluent with a marginal stripe, which extends to 

 the apical triangle and becomes confluent with a subsutural 

 stripe. The posterior crossband, which terminates near the lat- 

 eral margin, confluent with another shorter stripe at the apical 

 third. Between the latter and the subsutural stripe two irreg- 

 ular spots. The black areas of the prothorax and elytra with 

 scattered, purplish metallic scales. Legs sparsely and irregu- 

 larly punctured, and rugose and sparsely setose. Scattered red- 

 dish metallic scales on the femora near the apex and on the 

 tibiae. Mesosternum and metasternum of the male with a patch 

 of brown pubescence. 



Male, length, 14.5 millimeters; width, 6.2. Female, length, 

 12 millimeters; width, 5.6. 



Dinagat Island (my collector). Types in my collection. 



Two other specimens from Siargao Island (male and female), 

 the only ones collected, differ from the above in not having the 

 dorsolateral stripes on the prothorax, but a roundish scale spot, 

 located at the middle, between the anterior and posterior margins. 



* Numerous specimens of several remarkable species of this difficult sub- 

 genus were collected from the different localities; these will be considered 

 on another occasion. 



