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transversa, post medium tiiscia flexuosa j)iceo-uigris notatis. Labniiu trausversnm, 

 subtriUK'atum, augnlis valde rotuudatis. Frous iitriii([U(' ad ocnlorum mpdium 

 maguu imucto iustnicta. Prothorax tbrtiter trausvcrsus, auticc valde rdtuudatus, 

 angnlis autiuis uullis, postice vix attenuatus, augnlis jwsticis ubliquis panim rotuu- 

 datis. Elytra oblouga, basi minute emargiuata, lateribus autice paulo augustatis, 

 humeris rotuudatis, apice oblique sinuato, augulis rotuudatis, regulariter striata, 

 interstitiis ad basim parum couvexis. 



Long. 4^ mm., elytr. 2|, lat. If. 



Pale rufous, elytra almost buff ; scutellum, base of the elytra round the 

 scutellum, sides of the sterna aud abdomen pitchy brown ; a small groove at 

 the base of the prothorax on each side in the middle between central line aud 

 angle, and a zigzag fascia behind the middle of the elytra pitchy black. This 

 transverse baud, extending from one outer margin to the other, is sluiped like the 

 letter M, but is broadest in the middle and' a little dilated on the suture. t!eutral 

 line of the jirothorax abbreviated in front and behind, the usual transverse grooves 

 near the anterior and posterior margin obsolete. 



Hah. Teuimber(W. Doherty). 



Morio simulatus sp. uov. 



M. niger, nitidus, pedibus obscure rufo-piceis ; fronte utrinque sulcata, sulcis 

 postice dilatatis (parum minus ut in M. onentaUf; Dej.), prothorace lato, vix cordato, 

 angulis anticis vix porrectis, subrotundatis, posticis obliquis, margine anteriore ad 

 angulos anticos breviter marginato (ut in ^f. cordivollis Ghaud.), elytris striis 

 profuudis, stria septima distincta, tribus primis (juxta suturam) apicem versus uoii 

 obsoletis. 



Long. l.T mm., elytr. 0, lat. 4|. 



This form is closely allied to .1/. orientals Dej. in its size and in the shape of 

 the frontal grooves, but seems to me to be a distinct species, as it differs in the 

 followiug characters. The grooves of the front are not (juife so much widened 

 behind as in M. orientalis Dej., the prothorax is less rounded at the sides, less 

 attenuated behind, the anterior angles much less prominent, and the posterior ones 

 oblicpie. There is no slight emarginatinn in front of the small tooth at the ti]) of 

 the angles ; the margined part of the anterior margin extends only to the marginal 

 groove, not to tlie neck ; the elytra are more strongly and uniformly striped, the 

 interstices more convex, the three first stripes not obsolete in front of the ajjex, aud 

 the seventh (|uite distinct. 



From M. cordicollis Chaud. it may be distinguished by the shape of the frontal 

 sulci, and by the prothorax not being cordate, etc. 



llab. Timor— Deli (W. Dohertyj. 



Morio gracilis sp. uov. 



M. minor, niger, nitidus, ore (maudibulis exceptisj, auteunarum basi, pedibus- 

 (jue rufo-piceis, abdomine obscure rufo-piceo. Caput utrinque sulcatum, sulcis 

 augustis ad apicem jiaulo flexuosis ; prothorax autice subtrnucatus, augulis anticis 

 non porrectis, [losticis subrectis, lateribus subrotundatis, margine anteriore utrinque 

 ab angulis uscpie ad imjjressionem marginato ; elytra striata, striis Icviter i)unctatis, 

 prima et secuuda ante apicem fere obsoletis, seiitima leviter impressa. 



