262 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., '05 



M. vanduzeei sp. n. Head and underside stramineous ; pronotum and 

 scutellum fuscous. Tegmina pale yellowish brown, with, usually, three 

 thin, longitudinal lines of darker color (the markings, however, are not 

 always very clear) ; legs pale yellow. Vertex longer than pronotum, the 

 latter being short, elongate elliptical, lateral margins much shorter than 

 half the width of the posterior margin of an eye. Head with the eyes a 

 little wider than pronotum. Pronotum, scutellum, and tegmina smooth, 

 polished, impunctate; subcostal furrow reaching at least as far as the apex 

 of the clavus. Mesoxyphus roundedly obtuse-angled. Intermediate femur 

 equal in length to tibia, tarsus and claw together ; tibia a trifle shorter 

 than the claw, which is one-half longer than the tarsus. Length, 3 mm. 



Philippines, Negros Isd. (C. S. Banks in collns. Van Duzee 

 and Kirkaldy. 



M. thelxiuoe sp, n. Head and underside pallid. Pronotum and scutel- 

 lum dark brownish grey, tegmina pale flavogriseous, the pronotum very 

 narrowly pallidly margined, tegmina ornamented with pale brownish 

 somewhat as in M. siva, but more faintly. Head a little longer than the 

 pronotum, the latter being elongate elliptical, lateral margins very short 

 (meeting actually laterally in an acute angle). Mesoxyphus rounded 

 posteriorly. Intermediate femur about one-seventh longer than the tibia, 

 tarsus and claw together ; tibia one-half longer than tarsus, which is 

 slightly more than half the length of a claw. Length, 2 mm. 



Ceylon (my collection). 



This is somewhat allied to M. ovirora, but is smaller and the 

 proportion of the legs different. 



M. memonides sp. n. Head pallid. Pronotum and tegmina dark 

 smoky brown with purplish reflections, lateral margins more or less pal- 

 lid. Underside black, except trochanters, femora, tibiae, tarsi and claws, 

 and posterior margin of abdomen, all of which are pallid. Tegmina 

 smooth and polished. Head a little longer than pronotum, rounded in 

 front. Pronotum elongate elliptical, lateral margins about as long as 

 half the width of the posterior margin of an eye. Mesoxyphus rounded. 

 Intermediate tarsus nearly twice as long as the tibia, which is sub-equal 

 to a claw. Subcostal furrow much as in M. vanduzeei. Length a little 

 less than 2 mm. 



Ceylon (my collection). 



A very distinct little species. 



M. annae sp. n. Head pallid. Pronotum dark fuscous brown, with 

 darker transverse median line. Tegmina fuscuous brown (the margins 

 of the areas narrowly darker), somewhat superficially punctured. Head 

 a little longer than pronotum, rounded in front. Pronotum elongate 

 elliptical, lateral margins very short, much less than half the width of the 



