180 



The view of a second example, agreeing very nearly with 

 the tvpe of mx clc.scri])tion of M. playiata does not lead to ;inv 

 satisfrtctory conclusion. The sanie diftVrcnces preseiit themselves, 

 the width of the thorax, the ^hnpe of its hlood-red siguature, 

 the sub-marginal stripe oii the clytra and thcir hasal ilidefined 

 red patch are j-epeated, on the othcr haiid the scrial piinetuving 

 of the elytra is as in .)/. Hfuratd. It is therefore at least a loeal 

 race. I hnve not secn 1/. lifinrita of the type form froni Sumatra. 



Micrencaustes torquata Gorliam, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1883, 

 p. 76 (Tab. XVIII. f. 5) var.? 



Niger, nitidus, capilc proth(ii'ace<]iie crchre distinete punetatis. 

 pl'othorace macuhs scptt'm (trihus auterioribus, (piatuor jiOf^terioribus) 

 sanguineis, haud bene discretis, elytris annulo humerum sub- 

 cingente, ramos duo retrorsmn emittente, lunulaque subapieali 

 fulvis. Elytris distinctius punctato-striatis. 



Long. 14—18 milhm. rj. $. 



Hab. Soekaranda, Liangagas. 



Thi,s iasect is so eyidently nearly alhed to Ihe Single 

 example described bj nie as .}/. lorquafa, that I should hardly 

 have hesitated to unite them bat foi- the differenee in the localities. 

 The insect described as from West-Afriea, Mas placed and 

 labelled as from Old C'alabar in the late Mr. Andrew Murray's 

 collection. I am no^y inehned to think, there ^yas some error 

 in the attribntioji. Bat beyond this there are some striking 

 ditferences in one Sumatra insect. The t\yo exam})les from 

 Soekaranda are male and female, a])i)arently taken in copula. 

 They are rather larger than .1/. forqnata. The thorax is ditlerently 

 markcd, liaying several very indistinct dei'j» red spots, more or 

 less United; it is also very mach more dif^tinctly |unictured than 

 that of J/. forquald. The elytra- markings near the Shoulder 

 are thinncr; there is a i'ulvons line running along the third 

 interstice on both these specimens. They are also distinctly 

 punctate-striate. The posterior lunule is mach the same, but is 

 more dentate externally. Ihe Nmaller examples are one IVoni 



.Stett. eiitoniol. Zeit. l'JOl. 



