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^li:iO LINUS, 11. o-i'll 



Liilinim small, setose, emargitiate. Maxillary palpi -l-joiiited, tlie Ist 

 j'>iut small, the i'lid rather short, curved, thickened towards the apex, the 

 ord considerably longer than the 2nd, the 4th much narrower and about half 

 as long as the preceding, subulate. Mandibles both strongly toothed. Labial 

 palpi o-joiated, the 1st joint short, the 2nd much longer, the 3rd more sleiidt r 

 and ab.iut half as long as the preceding. Tongue broad, rounded in front. 

 Frontal furrows very short, deep, and rather widely separated. Antennae 

 short, the 4th joint transverse, Tarsal formula 5, 5, 5: the first four joints of 

 tlie anterior pair dilated, interior and posterior tibiae not spinose, the intei- 

 mediate feebly spinose. Intermediate coxae rather widely separated, Ehtnd 

 suture imbricate. 



To this genus belongs Metoponcus leucocnemis Kr., which in 

 Benihauer's Catalogue ot" StaplrriUnidae, iv, 1914, p. 291, is placed 

 ill Casey's Oligolinus ; the latter, however, has the anterior tarsi undi- 

 lated and the intermediate co.Kae contiguous, characters , applying to 

 Kraatz's species. MetoUnus is doubtless related to Leptacinus and 

 OU<joUn us. 



MetoUnus hasalis, n. sp. 



Black, shining, the elytra with purple metallic reflex, the base reddisli- 

 testaceous; first three visible abdominal segments pitchy, more or less broadlv 

 testaceous posteriorly. Antennae reddish ; legs testaceous. Length -Vo mm. 

 E.xactly of the build of Metuponcus leucocnemis Kr., but quite ditYereiitlv 

 coloured, the antennae longer, and the head less sparingly punctured. Head 

 subquadrate, a little longer than broad, the base truncate, tlie posterior angles 

 rounded ; frontal furrows very short and deep, the lateral longer and much 

 narrower, rather finely and sparingly punctured; ground sculpture tine, trans- 

 versely strigose. Antennae with the 4th to the 10th joints transverse, the 

 penultimate strongly' so. Thorax half as lung again as broad, the sides con- 

 verging behind, the posterior angles rounded, the apex obliqu^'ly truncate ; the 

 disc on either side with an irregular row of 7 or 8 fine punctures, the sides 

 anteriorly with larger, irregular punctures. Scutellum black, quadripunctale, 

 transversely strigose. Elytra as long as the thorax, longer than broad, tiie 

 anterior fifth testaceous, the rest metallic black, purpurascent, exceedinglv 

 finely and sparingly punctured. Abdomen witn the first three visible segments 

 jiiichy, their posterior margins more or less broadly testaceous, the rest black, 

 with the posterior margins narrowly and obscurely testaceous, finely and 

 spaiingly punctured and pubescent. 



Ilah. Aiiamalai Hills, alt. ooOO feet {T. B. Fletcher). 



Mitoiiiorphus ovaliceps, ii. sp. 



Narrow, elongate, black, shining. Head elongate, oval; thorax with 

 dorsal row of six punctures. Antennae reddish; legs fusco-testaceous. 

 Length 5 mm. Considerably narrower than M. obsolctus Fauv. and without 

 tr.ice of metallic refie.x. Head (including the closed mandiblesj long o\ m1. iis 



