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white. Antenna long and thiu, almost uaked exccjjtiug segments Id and 11 

 and apex of V, black, slightly rnfescent, 10 less than three times as long as 

 broad, one-third the length of 11. 



Prothorax mnch broader than in M. xcnoceroidcs, being almost as wide at 

 apex as at base, with the sides nearly evenly rounded; three white straight 

 vittae, the lateral one connected at the dorsal carina with the white border of 

 the lateral carina ; dorsal carina straight, flexed forward in a wide round curve, the 

 lateral carina extending bej'ond the middle of the side ; no transverse discal 

 groove. 



Elytra more than twice the length of the prothorax, feebly punctate, the rows 

 hardly at all impressed, with the following white markings : a patch around 

 scutellum, extended behind basal margin to shoulders, a postmediaa spot between 

 first and fifth rows of punctures, a small siibmargiual sjwt before and a marginal 

 one behind middle, and two other small ones on apical declivity, one towards the 

 margin and the other near apex. Pygidium round, white. 



Underside entirely and densely pubescent white. Legs rufous, tarsi and 

 tip of tibiae blackish ; posterior tibia with a long truncate spur at iipex. 



Length (exclusive of head) 4-3 mm. 



One i from Tambak, Sarawak, September 18'JT. 



3.J. Mecocerina rhanis spec. nov. 



S. Nearest to .1/. guttata, Jord. (1903), rnfescent. Rostrum and sides of head 

 pubescent white; the dorsal carina forming the edge of the median area of the 

 rostrum curves laterad in middle and nearly reaches the apical margin, lat(!rally of 

 it a distinct dorso-lateral carina. Frons narrowest at some distance from rostrum, 

 the eyes being almost circular, coarsely graunlose and rather prominent. Antenna 

 twice the length of the body in our only specimen, bro-A'nish black, segments 1 

 and 2 and base of 3 rufous, 9 a little shorter than 11, lO half the length of 11, 

 being more than thrice as long as broad, apical half of S not white (as is the case 

 in M. guttata). 



Pronotum half as broad again as long, almost evenly narrowed from the 

 dorsal carina to the apex, with distinct, curved, transverse sulcus before middle ; 

 rnfescent, a narrow mesial vitta and the entire sides greyish fawn-colour, the square 

 brown discal area being also shaded with greyish fawn (fresh specimen) ; dorsal 

 carina very slightly and evenly convex from side to side, laterally flexed forward 

 in a semicircle and reaching middle of side ; laterally there are some dispersed 

 shallow punctures. 



Elytra as in M. guttata, but the stripes of punctures more shallow ; the 

 following markings black : a round spot on snbbasal callositj', a smaller one 

 before middle between interspaces 3 and o, a large marginal spot behind shoulder 

 and a broad, complete, transverse baud from side to side before ajjical declivity ; 

 close to ajicx an irregular brown shadow and on shoulder an indistinct brown spot. 

 Pygidium rnfescent, sublruucate. 



Underside rnfescent, especially the abdomen, pubescent greyish white ; apical 

 half of tibiae and the tarsi black, basal two-thirds of first segment greyish white 

 above. 



Length (exclusive of head) .J mm. 



Une 6 from Kuching, iSarawak, December 1900, 



