80ME REMARKS 



THE lOïfilCORJI mm MEGACRIODES PASCOE, 



J. R. H. NEERVOORT VAN EE POLL. 



Although the female of Megacriodes Satmdersii Pascoe was des- 

 cribed many years since (Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd Series, 

 Vol. Ill, 1866, p. 272), in as much I am aware up to this day 

 the characteristics of the male remained unpublished. At all events 

 it may be useful to publish some remarks on the male specimen 

 I just received. 



The measurements of this specimen are : length 36 mm.; breadth 

 at the shoulders 12| mm.; length of the antennae 51 mm. Of 

 course it is much smaller than the two female types of which 

 Mr. Pascoe describes the length to be 22 lines (49 mm.); the 

 author makes no mention of the length of the antennae, but 

 measuring the figure they may be 2 or 3 mm. longer than the 

 body. — The antennae of my male specimen are perfectly mutic, 

 except the small spines at the apices of the joints , and have a small 

 cicatrix at the scape. — The elytral spots of this $ are much 

 larger , and of course , by the smaller size of the specimen , placed 

 very close together; the basal spots have the shape of an oblique 

 square; on the right elytron the two apical ones are confluent 

 and form a single very elongate spot. 



The genus Megacriodes seems to have much attraction to make 

 new species for it; the two species described by Mr. Snellen van 

 Vollenhoven, do not belong to it, being both females of Batocera 



