( 3(il ) 



conspicuis antice posticeciuo determiiiata. rygidiiim ntririi|ne vitta sat antrusta 

 grisea notatum. 



Infra griseus ; prostenio ntrinipie vitta latcrali basin iion attingentc medio 

 latiore nigra, praeterea dnabus vittis vel macnlis ante coxas sitis nigris ; metastcrao 

 macnla snbbii>ai-tita obliijna ; segmentia 2.-4. abdominis ntriqne duabns msicnlis 

 nigris, 5. nna macnla, signatis. 



Variat : Elytris pro maxima parte griseis, pygidio toto griseo, abdomine sine 

 macnlis nigris (segmento 4" ntrinqne nni-gnttatojexcepto). 



Ha'j. Samar, June— Jnly 1890 (J. Whitehead) ; 1 c?, 2 ? ?. 



6. Mecotropis whitehead! sp. nov. 



S ?. Strnctura J/, marmoreo similis, ocnlis emarginatis, sed rostro longiore. 

 Rostrnm cnm capite vitta grisea lata nsqne ad basin pronoti nbi dilatata continnata 

 notatnm ; altera vitta ntrinqne ab ocnlo nbi angusta ad prothoracis angnlum basalem 

 extensa param irregnlari postice ventri-laterali, eodem colore ; pronotnm macula 

 minuta grisea laterali postmediana. Elytra fortiter striato-pnnct:it,a, imuctis griseis, 

 fascia basali margiuali scntellum versus angustiore in limbo elytri 1^ mm. lata 

 grisea; duabns guttis parvis griseis in interspatio 3'", ante et post medium sitis, 

 tertia laterali mediana transversa, qnarta etiam laterali postmediana, quinta sub- 

 apicali antrorsum extensa. Pygidium grisenm, plaga magna rotnndata nigra 

 notatum. 



Infra dense griseo tomentosns ; prosterno ntrinqne vitta parum irregnlari nigra, 

 metasterno antice et postice macula nigra laterali, segmentis 2. — 4. abdominalibus 

 utrinque duabns guttis nigris, 5. una gutta, signatis. Pedes grisei ; tibiis apiee, et 

 supra macula subbasali magna, nigris ; tarsis nigris, articulornm jirirai dimidio, vel 

 fere dimidio basali, secundi duobus trientibus griseis. 



Antennae (?) elytrorum basi valde superantes, art. 3'° secuudo pins dnplo 

 longiore, supra (clava excepta) griseo pnbescentes, pube in articulornm apice parnni 

 densiore. 



(?. Long, rostr. 2^, proth. 3*, elytr. 8 mm. 

 Lat. „ If, „ 3, ", 4 „ 



Ilah. Samar, .June— July 189G (J. Whitehead); 1 c?, 2 ? ?. 



Bears a superficial resemblance to small specimens oi Mecoceriis hasalis (1894). 



In this species and in M. mnrmoreus from Borneo the eyes are distinctly 

 emarginate anteriorly. 



7. Plintheria djampeana sp. nov. 



c??. Rostrnm p'one antennas subito angnstatnm, antennarnm scrobibns sub- 

 opertis, dorso medio carina levi instructum, cum capite griseo pubescens, infra medio 

 fortiter carinatum et utrinque longitudinaliter sulcatnm. Antennae parum breviores 

 quam in PL luctuosa (1859), (c?) pallide rnfae, art. apice brnnneis, clava brnnnea, 

 art. 9° latitndine paulo longiore, breviore qnam in PL liKtuosa ; (?) brnnncae, 

 art. 1° — 8° basi rntis, 9" longitudine latiore. Ocnli suboblongi. 



Prothorax grisens, macula magna mediana antice angustiore lineam raediam 

 griseam late interrnptam, praeterea utrinque lineam griseam arcuatam ab area grisea 

 linea angusta brunnea separatam a carina ad medium extensam, saepe lineam 

 similem ab apice ad medium abonntem plus minnsve cnm area grisea confluani 

 incladente; lateribus dnabus macnlis parvis brnnneis saepe obliteratis et vitta 

 irregnlari vel macnla elongata inconspicna infero-hitcrali brnnneis signatus. 



