( (i()3 ) 



I-ong. 10 mm., rostr. 4, elytr. Id, lat. 5i. 



II(d>. Java. 



Distinguished by the rather slender rostrum, the keeled front of the hea<l, (lie 

 pattern of the upper- and underside, and by the white pubescent tirst and last (arsal 

 joints. 



18. Mecotropis brevirostris sp. nov. 



(J 5 . i[. ater, nigro-pubesceus, albo-signatus. Rostrum vitta mediana usque ad 

 prothoracis basim ascendente, in prothoracis medio inteiTupta, ornatum, breve, sulco 

 medio profundo trans oculos continuato instructum, inter antennas parum elevatum, 

 apice triangulari-rotundato-impressum, autennarum aeetabulis apertis, sulco supra- 

 antennali rainuto mox pone antennas evanescente, lateribus sublaeve, apice rugatum, 

 latitudine basali vi.x duplo longius. Oculi emarginati. Antennae (c?) longissimae, 

 artieulo primo fortiter crassato, secundo brevissimo, (?) elytrorum basim attingentes, 

 articulo primo graciliore. I'rothorax longitudine quinta parte angustior, carina dorso 

 medio basi parallela, latrorsum leviter, dein fere semicirculariter versus anticum 

 ascendente, in lateribus ni fle.xuosa ni angulata ; disco longitrorsum imrum planatus, 

 laevis, praeter vittam medianam [luncto dorso-laterali postmediano et duobus punctis 

 interdum obsoletis medianis albis notatus. vScutellum nigrum. Elytra striato-punctata, 

 interstitiis alternatim leviter convexis, maculis sat sparsis albis, in singulo elyti'o 

 utriusque sexus tribus majorilius, ornata, una postlmmerali laterali irregulari fere 

 semi-annuliformi, secunda dorsali ante-, tertia dorsali post-mediana, his subquadran- 

 gularibus vel irregularibus, in {S) praeterea vitta brevi suturali postscutellari, caeteris 

 maculis — una vel duabus basalibus, nonnuUis medianis, duabus anteapicalibus 

 — parvis. 



Prosternuni ante coxas leviter arcuatim impressum, (J) paucis punctis incon- 

 spicuis instructum, in utro(pie sexu subtilissime rugulosum, lateribus po.stice in 

 impressione basali gutta alba notatum. Metasternum ad marginem posticum 

 utrimque tribus maculis, segmenta abdominalia (quintum exceptum) una macula, albis 

 ornata. Pygidium bimaculatum. Pedes antici elongati. 



Long. 16 mm., rostr. 3, elytr. 10, lat. oj. 



The .spots of the elytra are sparser than in .1/. varieijatun (Oliv.), jJ'Wlheri/ius 

 (Thorns.), and maculosus (Pasc.) ; the rostrum is very sliort and thick, its fold above 

 the antennal grooves is slightly marked, while the median sulcus is deep and broad. 



Hab. Burn I. (W. Doherty). 



19. Mecotropis fruhstorferi sp. nov. 



(?. M. niger, dense cinereo-pubeseens, nigi'O-signatus. 



Rostrum apice paulo angustius ipiam longum, dorso sulco mediano intra antennas 

 minus jn-ofundato, apice triangulariter dilatato, basi lato profundo, retrorsum trans 

 oculos ascendente ante prothoracem evanescente, infra fortiter rugato-punctatum ; 

 sulcis antennarum sulculo dorso-laterali cinctis. Oculi antice truncati. Antennae 

 corpore triplo longiores, articulo tertio prothoracis medium sat longe superante, 3' et 

 4" et 8" apice albo-i)ubescentibus. 



Prothorax lal itudiiic panuu lungior, dorso postice leviter planatus baud impressu.s, 

 utrimque vitta dorsali ac liuea vel vitta interrupta laterali, medio duabus guttis 

 minutis, altera pone marginem apicalem, altera in disco sita connexis ac cum carina 



