254 Longicornia Malayana. 



utrinque dente mediano mediocri armatus. Elytra brevius- 



ciila, subparallela, apicc integra, basi serrato-cristata, hu- 



meris subprominula. Pedes longiusculi ; femora clavata ; 



tibicerectse, apicem versus crassiores; tarsi angusti, intermedii 



et postici articulo basali longiusculo. Pro- et meso-sterna 



paulo elevata, inermia. 



In characterizing this genus in the work above quoted I placed 



it between Monochamus and Dysthceta, but on examining it afresh 



I think its affinity (as well as that of Dysthceta) is more with the 



present sub-family, particularly in regard to its clavate femora. 



None of the species, however, with which we are acquainted, 



seem suggestive of any affinities; and the genus, like many others of 



this and other groups, can only be regarded as somewhat aberrant. 



The genus has two well-marked species in Australia (M. D'lg- 



glesii, Pasc, and M. tropicus, Pasc). 



Melon granulicollis. (PI. XII. fig. 4.) 

 Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, v. 42. 

 M. piceus, griseo-pubescens ; prothorace utrinque minute 

 spinoso, antice granulato ; elytris sparse fusco-maculatis, 

 apicem versus fascia obliqua griscescenti. 

 Hab. — Aru. 



Pitchy, with a greyish or somewhat ashy pubescence ; a broad 

 dark stripe behind the eye and along the side of the prothorax, 

 leaving a well defined greyish-white stripe in the middle, which, 

 on the head, spreads over the face and cheeks ; lateral spine of 

 the prothorax very small but distinct, above it anteriorly and on 

 each side numerous small black shining granules ; elytra rather 

 narrow, granulated at the base, spotted with dark brown, and 

 having a well-defined greyish-white oblique band posteriorly 

 continuous with a stripe at the suture which is prolonged to the 

 apex ; body beneath and legs with a greyish pile ; tibiae black at 

 their tips ; antennae blackish, the third, fourth and fifth joints 

 reddish-testaceous, except at their tips. 

 Length 5 lines. 



Ipiiiotiie. 



Caput parvum, antice sub-quadratum ; tuberibus antenniferis 



validis, approximatis. Oculi mediocres, anguste emarginati, 



vertice sub-approximati. Antennce corpori aequales (vel vix 



aequales?) ; scapo modice elongate, crasso, cylindrico, obsolete 



