BY THOMAS G. SLOANB. 491 



prothorax depressed, transverse, wider at base than apex; elytra 

 finely striate, first stria bifurcating near base. Piceous-black; 

 prothorax on sides and elytra on whole circumference with 

 narrow ferruginous margin; mandibles, labrum, clypeus and base 

 of antennas ferruginous; under surface piceous; inflexed margins 

 of elytra and femora testaceous; tibise, tarsi, antennae and palpi 

 brownish. 



Head short, convex, finely shagreened ; mentum not divided 

 from guise by a raised submentum; eyes large, convex, a little 

 distant from buccal fissure. Prothorax closely applied at base to 

 base of elytra, Ifevigate, transverse (1*3 x I'Smm.), widest before 

 middle, lightly and roundly narrowed to apex, very little narrowed 

 to base; apex deeply emarginate, finely bordered; anterior angles 

 obtuse; base truncate; posterior angles widely obtuse; border 

 lightly reflexed on sides, wanting on middle of base; median line 

 fine; a very shallow wide basal impression on each side. Elytra 

 oval (3-9 X 2-5 mm.), lightly convex; base hardly wider than base 

 of prothorax; humeral angles obtuse; apical curve even; strife 

 finely impressed, simple; interstices depressed, third bipunctate 

 on disc, ninth narrow, wider to apex, seriate-punctate; a single 

 puncture on seventh stria nea^r apex; border reflexed. 



Length 6, breadth 2-5 mm. 

 Hah. — Bridgetown (Lea). 



Differs from M. adelaidce, Blkb., (the type of the genus), by its 

 much larger size, its upper surface not iridescent, &c. It is like 

 M. (Lacordairia) marginata, Casteln., but more depressed, the 

 prothorax a little more transverse and dilatate at widest part, the 

 elytra less nitid, &c. ilT. (Badister) ancJiomenoides, Macl., is 

 an iridescent species a little larger and proportionately a little 

 narrower than M. cinctipennis; it also has the metasternal 

 episterna a little longer, and is without the light-coloured margins 

 (and inflexed margins) of prothorax and elytra. J/. (Lacordairia) 

 ancliomeuoides, Casteln., and M. (Lacordairia) arrjutoroides, 

 Casteln., are unknown to me in nature. 



