( 597 ) 



joints curverl ; in a male of M. inermis Thorns, in the Tring jMuseuiu, which agrees 

 fairlv well with Thomson's figure and description, the first antennal jciint reaches 

 almost the middle of the eye, the intermediate joints are straight, and neither the 

 prosternum nor the jironotum bear granules. A female of i/. iiwrniis is not in our 

 collection. 



8. Mecocenis ater sp. nov. 



c? ? . M. ater, splendens. Kostrum grosse dense rugato-punctatum, apice 

 ahru]ite fortiter dilatatum, supra longitudinaliter sat late impressum, hac impressione 

 antrorsum ])arum latiore, in j)arte apicali late triangulari, in basi canaliculata, canali- 

 culo ante oculos sat profundo, in medio rostri evanescente. Caput parum punctatum, 

 brunneo-nigro-, medio sicut rostrum supra albo-griseo-pubescens. Antennae fcj) 

 corpore plus duplo longiores, aiticulo prime oculorum marginem auticum non 

 attingente, apice sat fortiter incrassato, minime arcuato, (?) elytrorum basim non 

 attingentes ; sparsim, in ( ? ) parum densius griseo-albo-pubescentes ; articulis duobus 

 ultimis in utroque sexu, et articulo nono apice (J) aut toto (?) uigro-brunneo- 

 tomentosis. Prothorax antice leviter transverse impressus, subconstrictus, dorso 

 utrimque minime inaequalis, pone carinam antebasalem sat fortiter declivis, basi 

 medio subimpressa, minutissime densissime granulato-coriaceus, punctis dis})ersis, 

 eorum margine posteriore elevato granuliformi (cj), aut vix elevato ( ? ), instructus, 

 dorso medio sat sparsim albo-griseo-pubescens. Elytra pone scutellum parum, mox 

 pone marginem basalem sat fortiter gibbosa, striato-punctata, striis levissime 

 impressis, interstitiis non convexis singulis punctis notatis ; elytrorum limbo et fascia 

 transversa [lauce obliqua in margine exteriore latiore suturam fere attingente brnnneo- 

 nigro-tomentosis, tomento pro luce in griseum mutante, fascia mediana albo-griseo- 

 marginata. 



Prosternum (c?) disperse granulosum, granulis in medio sparsissimis, fortiter 

 impressum, in impressiouis medio parum subcarinato-elevatum, utrimque dente longo 

 acuto parum arcuato mox pone impressiouis marginem auticum sito arniatum ; (?) 

 medio ante coxas leviter biimpressum, lateribus disperse subgranulato-punctatum, 

 medio sub!ae\e. Meso-metastemum, abdomen brunneo-nigro-tomentosa, segmentorum 

 abdominalium tertii quartique mai-gine postico jiarum albo-griseo-pubescente. 

 Pedes antici (J) elongati ; femora sparsim, tibiae densius, tarsi dense albo-griseo- 

 pubescentes. 



S. Long. 17 mm., rostr. 0, elytr. 11, lat. 7|. 



?. „ l.i „ „ 4?,, „ 10, „ fii. 



This species has almost the same outline as M. mnixsechi . Thoms. ; the legs of 

 large males are much less elongate, and their antennae are also jiroportionately 

 shorter than in M. mniszeehi. 



The black colour distinguishes this form from all Mecocerud hitherto known. 



Hah. Kuilu, Fr. Conga (A. [Mocquerys, 18'J2); i*t Loanda. 



11. INDIAN SPECIES. 



9. Mecocerus gazella Schonb. 



This species, which ranges over Malacca, Sumatra, .lava, and Porneo, is soniewhat 

 variable in the structure of the rostrum, and in colour. 



In the typical form from .Tava, the interocular sulcus of the head i> short and 

 narrow, and runs out, very soon before tlic anterior margin of the eye.s, into the 



