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The color of the head , rostrum , antennae, prothorax 

 and legs is red-brown or chestnut; the thorax and the 

 median portion of the thighs are always darker than the 

 rest; the elytra are black or duskish with a ferruginous 

 or yellow-ferruginous band along the middle of each elytron 

 from the base to the apex. 



Length 8 — 11 mm.; broadn. of the prothor. IV2 — 2 mm. 



Hab. Western Java. — Five individuals obtained by Mr. 

 J. D. Pasteur (Leyden Museum) ; Tjibodas (Java) , several 

 specimens collected by Mr. Beccari (Genoa Museum); New 

 Guinea (Desbrochers' collection). 



*14. M. conformis, nov. spec. 



Rohusta , capite , rostro , antennis pedibusque brunneo- 

 rujis , prothorace obscuriore , elytrorum sutura , margine 

 laterali, maculisque duobus props suturam pone medium obs- 

 curis, ceterum brunneo-ferrugineis. Caput subquadratum , 

 punctatum , supra convexum in medio impressum unde fere 

 bilobatum; rostrum, breve, prof unde sulcatum; antennce ut 

 in specie prcecedente ; prothorax canaliculatus , creberrime ru- 

 goso-punctatus ; elytra profunde sulcato-punctata , intersti- 

 tiis angustis , elevatis. 



Long. 10 mm. ; lat. prothor. 2 mm. 



Allied to M. exarata but easily distinguished by the dif- 

 ferent punctation of the prothorax and elytra and by the body 

 beneath being not scaled at the sides. Head almost bilobed 

 above , punctate , slightly impressed in the middle ; rostrum 

 furrowed up to the apex, the margin of the furrow raised, 

 the apical extremity hardly a little enlarged. Antennee as 

 in M. exarata ; prothorax with the furrow narrower and 

 obsolete towards the apex , above deeply rugoso-punctate. 

 Elytra strongly sulcato-punctate , the interstices raised , 

 narrower; the 1st furrow near the suture only impunctate. 

 Metasternum and basal segments of the abdomen slightly 

 excavated in the middle, scattered with punctures at the 

 sides , but wanting the scaled band. 



Hab. Western Java. — A single male specimen taken by 

 Mr. J. D. Pasteur (Leyden Museum). 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseutn , Vol. X.1V. 



