330 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known 



Robust, with a pale-greyish ochraceous pile spotted with black ; head 

 with two hairy ochraceous stripes in front, the sides below with deep, 

 coarse punctures ; prothorax a little longer than broad, slightly narrowed 

 behind, ochraceous, with more or less confluent black spots ; scuteUum 

 obscure ochraceous ; elytra subparallel, convex, ochraceous, with small 

 black spots, seriate-punctate ; legs black, robust, and elongate in J , 

 with the basal anterior tarsal joint longer than the succeeding ones 

 (of equal length in $ , with the two intermediate joints not longer than 

 the claw-joint); body beneath black, the sides of the metastemum and 

 abdomen with a double row of duU ochraceous spots ; antennae black, 

 robust, and three times as long as the body in (S (not reaching to the 

 base of the prothorax in 5 ). Length 12 lines. 



M. variegatus, 01., is distinguished from this by its pale-ashy 

 pubescence, narrower form, antennae scarcely twice the length of 

 the body, and larger spots. It is not impossible, however, that this 

 may turn out to be only a strongly marked local sub-species. 



Mecocenis maculosus. 



M. subelongatus, giiseo-ochraceus, atro macidatus ; prothorace longiore 

 quam latiore, postice attenuate ; antennis pedibusque atris. 



Hah. Ceram. 



Rather elongate, pale greyish, slightly tinted with ochraceous, and 

 spotted with black ; head with two hairy, greyish stripes between the 

 eyes, the sides below obscurely punctm'ed ; prothorax much longer 

 than broad, narrowed behind, black, a central stripe and two spots on 

 each side greyish ; scutellum black ; elytra subparallel, slightly de- 

 pressed, ochraceous with large black spots, seriate-pimctate ; legs black, 

 in (5, moderately elongate, slender, the first anterior tarsal joint not 

 longer than the succeeding ones together (in § the two intermediate 

 tarsal joints longer than the claw-joint) ; body beneath black, the sides 

 of the metastemum and abdomen with a double row of dull ochraceous 

 spots ; antennae black, robust, nearly three times as long as the body 

 (in 5 extending beyond the base of the prothorax). Length 8 lines. 



On a superficial examination this might be taken for a small 

 variety of the above ; but in addition to the distinctions noted in the 

 description, it may also be observed that the spots in this species are 

 much larger and form a less numerous series along the suture. Mere 

 colour, in the Anthribidae, is not to be depended on unless ac- 

 companied by a certain variation of pattern, as is the case in this 

 instance. 



Mecoerus allectiis. 

 M. subbre\-is, griseo-ftdvus nigroque varius ; antennis pedibusque nigris, 



his giiseo annulatis. 

 Hab. Cambodia. 



Rather short, with a greyish-yellow pile ; head black, an elongate- 



