Longicornia Malayana. 573 



Head black; protliorax reddish-yellow, glossy, a little 

 nari'ow anteriorly, the tubercles not strongly marked ; 

 scutellum broadly triangular ; elytra opaque, black, ex- 

 cept a small triangular straw-coloured stripe on the 

 sutural margin ; body beneath black, propectus yellow ; 

 legs black; femora testaceous at the base, anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi palish ferruginous ; antennas blackish, the last 

 two joints yellow. 



Length 3 lines. 



Merionceda acuta. 



Pascoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 509. 



( c?-) M. nigra, prothorace flavo; elytris nitidis, pone 

 medium sat subito angustioribus; antennis articulis 

 9 et 10 flavis, ultimo uigro. 

 Hah. — Singapore. 



Head black, shining; prothorax reddish-yellow, glossy, 

 the tubercles strongly developed ; scutellum transverse, 

 broadly truncate at the apex with the angles rounded ; 

 elytra glossy black, except a triangular straw-coloured 

 stripe on the sutural margin ; body beneath glossy brown, 

 the propectus yellow ; legs black, shining ; femora testa- 

 ceous at the base, the posterior very strongly clavate, 

 their tibiae with a long inner spur extending beyond the 

 basal joint ; antennae rather slender, nearly linear, 

 reaching the apex of the elytra, the ninth and tenth joints 

 yellow, the last black. 



Length 4 lines. 



Merionceda calcarata. 



( (^ .) M. nigra, prothorace luteo ; elytris nitidis, 

 paulo elongatis, pone medium vix subito angustiori- 

 bus ; femoribus posticis elongatis. 



Hah. — Sarawak. 



Head black, shining ; prothorax reddish-yellow, glossy, 

 the tubercles strongly developed ; scutellum subtriangu- 

 lar, bilobed at the apex ; elytra as in the last, but longer 

 and less abruptly contracted posteriorly ; body beneath 

 black, propectus yellow; anterior legs brownish, paler 

 outwards, posterior glossy black; femora testaceous at 

 the base, the posterior very long, the peduncle extend- 



