Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 55 



cases it has the appearance of being shrivelled up by desiccation. 

 The structure of the palpi and maxilloe will be seen in the figures ; 

 the labium and mentum unfortunately disappeared in dissection. 



Macratria [Pedilidse]. 

 Newman, Entom. Mag. vol. v. p. 377. 



Macratria mustela. (PI. II. fig. 7.) 



M. fusca; tarsis (basi excepta), palpis anteimiscLue fulvescentibus, his 

 apicem versus infuscatis ; scutello parvo. 



Hah. Natal. 



Dark brown, sparingly covered ^\'ith a pale golden-yellow pile ; head 

 and prothorax finely punctui-ed, the latter with the sides posteriorly 

 nearly parallel ; scutellum small, subtriangiilar ; elytra very thickly 

 punctm-ed *, with a larger series of punctures arranged in closely set 

 rows, which are divergent at the base ; antennae and palpi tawny, the 

 former, except three or four of the basal joints, gradually becoming 

 darker; legs dark brown; the tarsi, except the basal joint of the pos- 

 terior, yellowish. Length 3 lines. 



Macratria fulvijaes. 



M. nigra ; pedibus (tibiis posticis exceptis), palpis antennisque fulvis, his 

 apicem versus infuscatis ; scutello magno. 



Jlab. Macassar. 



Black, very sparingly covered with a pale golden-yellow pile ; head 

 and prothorax rather coarsely punctm-ed, the latter with the sides gi-a- 

 dually but very slightly contracting posteriorly ; scutellum large, sub- 

 quadrate ; elytra finely punctm-ed, a larger series in rows as in the last 

 species ; legs (except the posterior tibiae), palpi, and antennae tawmy- 

 yeUow, the latter with the three or four terminal joints darker. Length 

 2i lines. 



MacratHa jpallidicornis. 



M. picea ; antennis, palpis pedibusque (posticis exceptis) testaceis ; capite 

 fulvescenti. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Pitchy, very sparingly covered with a pale j^eUowisli or greyish pile ; 

 head and prothorax slightly pmictm-ed, the latter somewhat ovate; 

 scutellum indistinct; elyti-a punctm'ed as in the last species, but with the 

 pile more confined to the rows of punctm-es ; antennae, palpi, and four 

 anterior legs pale testaceous ; the posterior femora, except at the base. 

 tibiae at the base and apex, and basal joints of the tarsi, dai'k brown or 

 nearly black; head tawny-yellow. Length 2] lines. 



* It is rather the appearance of punctures caused bv minute transverse 

 wrinkles. 



