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NEW ANTHBIBIDAE. 



By KARL JORDAN, Pii.D. 



1. Eugigas nubilus sp. nov. 



S. Striictnra E. Icsnei similis, sed rostro elytrisqne brevioribus et latioribus ; 

 rostro cum capite supra lutoso, lioc nfrinqne macula parva fnsca notato; jironoto 

 et elytris maculis lutosis majoribus qnam in E. lesnci tessellnto ox India septen- 

 trionali, minus distinctis, interspatiis brunneis, non nigris : prona facie Intosa sine 

 maculis fnscis distinctis ; articulo 1" tarsornm pro maxima parte lutoso. 



Ildb. " North Borneo," received from Mr. H. Frulistorfer; 3 c?cJ. 



2. Mecotropis cinerascens sp. nov. 



(? ?. M. niger, pube olivaceo-lntosa obtectus, nigro notatus. Rostrum ci 

 3A. insignis Pasc. simile, sed lateribns minus crasse punctatis, mento margiue antico 

 medio subtuberculatim reflexo. Frons leviter carinata. Antennae (cj) articulo 2" 

 breviore qnam in ^f. insigni, 3'" apice minus incrassato, longissimae, (?) prothoracis 

 basin attingentes. Prothorax latitudine in medio maxima, lateribns paulatim rotun- 

 datus, basi apiceque snbaequilatus, gutta antemediana dorsali pnnctisque dorso-late- 

 ralibns pro parte utrinque fere fasciam longitudiiialem formantilms nigris notatus. 

 Scntellum oblongo-rotundatum, latitudine sensim longius. 



Elytra (<?) rctrorsum conspicue augustata, seriatim punctata, lateribns sub- 

 striata, dimidio apicali interspatiis serie punctornm instrnctis, tribus maculis sat 

 parvis uigris signata: 1" in callo postbasali, 2" antemediana, 3" postmediana, his 

 suturae ])arum magis approximatis ; interspatio 1° dense (apice excepto) nigro- 

 tessellato, praeterea nonnullis punctis dispersis et tribus maculis minutis lateralibus 

 nigris. 



Infra unicolor, lateribus insensim fusco notatus. Prosternnm utrinque ante 

 coxas arcuatim sulcatum. Segmentum anale (cj) apice truncato-emarginatum. 

 Tarsorum articulus 1. ante apicem lutoso-maculatns, 4. lutosus apice niger. 



Long, proth. OJ, elytr. 13 mm. 



Lat. „ 4|, „ 6J „ 



Hab. Malacca ; tt/pe in Mns. Royal, Bruxelles. 



Resembles marmoreus (1804) very much in colour, but easily distinguished by 

 the not emarginate eyes and the carinate front of the head; this carina bears a 

 fine longitudinal groove which reaches to the prothorax. The elaw-joints are in 

 marmoreus black. 



3. Mecotropis similis sp. nov. 



?. M. marmoreo colore et indumento similis; supra olivaceo-griseus, medio 

 magis grisescens, elytris macula submediana parum elongata in interspatio tertio, 

 altera minus distincta subbasali, plaga inconspicua ante apicem declivem sita, 

 nonnullis guttis inter strias 4. et 10. sitis, nigris ; pedibus ut in marmoreo signatis 

 (clavis nigris), jjlagis griseis minus extcnsis. Rostrum lateribns nigris et prona 

 facie fortiter punctatum, supra antenuarum fossas sulco arcuato hand in basin pro- 

 longata instrnctum ; infra utrinque fossa profunda parum obliqua, utrisqne fossis 



