( 3fiO ) 



postice convergentibns sed non contignis, ntrinqne snlco obliquo ante ocnlnm sito 

 fossain subniedianam ante ejus apicem attingeiite sed jiarte sna anteriorc panlo pro- 

 fundata. Prostenium ante coxas snlcatum. Pygidinm latitndiiie mnlto lougins. 



llab. Mt. Kawi, Passarnan, Java ; 1 ? . 



IMstiiigiiishaljle from cinemscens by the sulcate front of the head and the black 

 claw-joints ; from marmoreus by the difterent struetiiro of the underside of the 

 rostrum, by the prosternum bearing a transverse curved groove before each coxal 

 cavity, and by the not sinuate eyes ; from frtikstorferi by the structure of the 

 prosternum and the difterently coloured tarsi, which in fnihstoi-feri have the 

 second joint entirely black, the basal half of the (daw-joint white, and by the 

 different pattern of the upperside. 



A specimen from Borneo of M. similis has the black dots at the sides and at 

 the suture of the elytra more numerous and better marked, and is slenderer, but 

 agrees otherwise with the Java example. 



4. Mecotropis caelestis sj). nov. 



? . J/, niger nigro tomentosns, pallide caeruleo reticulatim signatus. Rostrum 

 breve, autice valde dilatatum, supra fossa mediaua lata fere in occiput ascendente, 

 infra ponementum ntrinque fossa abbreviata transversa et altera oblique versus oculum 

 ascendente instrnctnm : dorso utrinijue bicarinatum, carinis utriusque lateris inter 

 antennas conflnentibus ; lateribus carina antennarum fossam supra marginante ad 

 oculos continuata, longitudinaliter biimpressis ; vitta mediana ad prothoracem con- 

 tinuata duas maculas nigras froutali-occipitales iucludente, macula post et infra 

 oculos et pallide caeruleis. Oculi antice subtrnncati. Antennae caernleae, tribus 

 articulis apicalibus (basi extrema 9' exccjjta) nigris, art. 'i'" quarto parum breviore, 

 8° lougitudine quarti. Prothorax latitudine vix longior, basi dimidio latior quam 

 apice, carina dorsali concava in lateribus fortissime rotundatim antrorsimi flexa ; 

 densius, reticulatim, signatus quam in specie Moluccarum australinm insignis a 

 Pascoe denominata, vitta mediana inconspicna apicali, ante medium irregulariter 

 bipartita. 



Elytra fortiter couvexa, ad saturam panic depressa, subtiliter seriatim punctata, 

 dense reticulatim signata, maculis nigris magis numerosis quam in insigiii. 

 Pygidinm pallide caeruleo tomentosum, macula mediana basali, altera in utroque 

 latere minuta nigris. 



Prona facies pallide caerulea irregnlaritcr nigro macnlata ; pedes eodem colore, 

 tibiis tarsorumque articulis apice nigris. 



Long, rostr. 2s, proth. 4*, elytr. 10 mm. 



Lat. „ 2§, „ 4f, „ 6 „ 



Hub. Sainar, June— July 1896 (J. Whitehead) ; 1 ?. 



5. Mecotropis samarensis sp. nov. 



3 ?. M. nigropicto structnra similis, sed elytris angustioribus. Dense griseo 

 tomentosns, nigro signatus. Caput cum j)ronoto ntrinqne vitta nigra ab oculo ad 

 prothoracis basin extensa in medio pronoti constricta nbi gutlani ininntam griseam 

 includente signatnm ; haec vitta quam vitta mediana grisea angustior. Kostri lat era 

 nigra. Pronotum gntta dorso-laterali postmcdiana vel mediana nigra notatuni. 

 Elytra nigro et griseo marmonita ; fascia obliqna grisea a scutello pone humernm 

 ad limbum descendente maculis nigris j)lus niinusve confluis a latere visis magis 



