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and 10th almost rounded: the 11th joint in the female 

 is shorter. 



Prothorax longer than broad and as long as the rostrum, 

 narrower anteriorly than at the base, enlarged behind the 

 middle and rounded, with a raised margin at the base; 

 rugoso-punctate above and furrowed , the punctures are less 

 numerous above and wanting at the sides towards the 

 apex ; the furrow extending up to the apex and impunc- 

 tate. In several specimens , cT and 9 j ^^^ prothorax is 

 chestnut in the middle, with the basal margin and a ring 

 towards the apex reddish ; the apical extremity is duskish. 



Elytra as long as the thorax, head and rostrum toge- 

 ther: the base is truncate, the shoulders are rounded , the 

 sides subparallel , the apex emarginate and the outer angles 

 rounded; above sulcato-punctate, the punctures regular 

 and deeper in some individuals ; the 1st furrow narrower 

 than the others and impuuctate , the interstices moderately 

 raised. 



Body beneath chestnut-red, more or less infuscate and 

 distinctly punctured; the punctures more numerous at the 

 sides: metasternum furrowed, the basal segments of the 

 abdomen hardly depressed in the middle. Anterior coxse 

 contiguous, legs somewhat stout, femora clubshaped and 

 punctured , tibiae sinuate inwardly and punctured , tarsi as 

 in M. metallica. 



Hah. Western Java. — Thirteen males and ten females 

 collected by Mr. J. D. Pasteur; a ^T by S. Muller (Ley- 

 den Museum). 



*13. M. exarata (Dejean) Desbrochers des Loges , Journ. 

 Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 59, part 2, p. 223. 1890. 



This species is indicated in Dejean's Catalogue as Ceo- 

 cephalus exaratus Dej. from Java, but was not described : 

 only recently Mr. Desbrochers des Loges has referred it 

 to Miolispa (fide Power) and characterized it briefly. I 

 ascribe to this species five individuals from the Leyden 

 Museum and several others from the Genoa Museum, ori- 

 ginating from the above named island, and I believe it 



Notes from the Leyden JMuseum, Vol. XIV. 



