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the neck but little distinct; the thorax has its greatest 

 width towards the middle where it is not broader than 

 the head ; it is truncated and edged at the base , with pro- 

 duced angles. Scutellum square. — Elytra broader at the 

 base and twice as long as the prothorax , the shoulders 

 rounded, but little prominent, the small swellings but little 

 distinct ; the elytra are gradually attenuated from the shoul- 

 ders backwards, conjointly rounded at the apex and sur- 

 passed by the pygidium ; the striae are fine , but little 

 marked and placed close together. — Undersurface black , 

 finely pubescent. — • Legs testaceous red, posterior tibiae 

 slightly fuscous, femora much swollen. 



Resembles M. pallidicornis , but in the new species the 

 pronotum is much less attenuated in front and less strongly 

 granulate-punctate; its head has no deep emargination at 

 the occiput. 



Hab. Aru-islands (von Rosenberg). 



4. Macratria h icin ct a ^ %^. n. 



Length 6 mm., breadth 1,5 mm. — Narrow, much 

 elongated , but little convex , glossy black , covered with a 

 fine yellow pubescence. — Head of a subrounded oval 

 shape , convex , punctured , occipital border narrowly sinua- 

 ted ; eyes large , black , oval , convex , placed on the sides , 

 their front border rather close to the antennae ; the clypeus 

 closely rugose-punctate, separated from the forehead by a 

 slight transverse depression ; labrum and parts of the mouth 

 red , palpi very long , the three apical joints stout. Anten- 

 nae slender , reaching to the shoulders , red , hardly infus- 

 cate towards the tip , the joints elongated , the long-poin- 

 ted apical one longer than the two preceding together. — 

 Prothorax elongate ovate, slightly convex, very closely 

 and very finely punctured in a rasplike manner, slightly 

 attenuated in front , with a rather stout neck , rounded at 

 the base and narrowly edged ; it has its greatest width 

 towards the middle and is a little broader than the head 



Notes froiTi the Leyden Museum, Vol. IV. 



