( 419 ; 



straight in dorsal as well as lateral view, dorsal carina also straight ; sides of 

 pronotnm with traces of black dots. Elytra also with vestigial dots, besides three 

 black tufted tubercles on each elytrum, situated in the third interspace, the first 

 behind base, the second in middle, the third before tlie nearly vertical apex. 



Length, 4 to .5 mm. 



Hab. Woodlark I., 3. iv. 1897 (A. S. Meek). 

 , One S. 



14. Apatenia tenuis spec. nov. 



S. Similar in ajipearance to small s])ecimens of ^1. ridnnta (18.59) Pasc, Imt 

 much narrower. Rostrum more than twice as broad as long, without carina. Frons 

 anteriorly narrower than in rirlunfrt, and eye more prominent. Eleventh segment 

 of antenna elliptical, pointed. Prothorax longer than in vicltiata, more uneven 

 above, deeper depressed in middle of disc, with four discal globosities ; lateral angle 

 of carina less than 9U°, with the tip rounded, projecting laterad in dorsal view, the 

 thorax in front of this angle less sinuate than in viduata ; dorsal carina convex, 

 mesially distinctly angnlate ; apex of prothorax comparatively broader than in 

 viduata ; basal mesial spot grey. Elytra variegated with black, the spots not 

 distinct in certain lights, no large black postmedian discal patch ; stripes deep ; 

 subbasal callosity ])rominent ; a small median tubercle in third interspace and 

 several raised dots before declivous apex black. Underside pubescent grey, the 

 pubescence denser laterally on mesosteraum and proximally on metasternal epi- 

 sternum ; sides of breast and abdomen sjiotted with brown. 



Length, 5^ mm. 



Ilab. Palembang, Sumatra. 



One S. 



In viduata the rostrum is longer than broad and mesially carinate. 



15. Apatenia gracilis spec. nov. 



i. Black-browu ; antenna, base of femora, a subbasal ring of tibiae, apex 

 of femora and of tibiae, and all tarsi more or less pale rufous, clothed with a 

 Inteous grey pubescence. Rostrum more than twice as long as broad, with a short 

 slight basal carina. Frons narrow, being only one-fourth the width of the 

 rostrum, pubescent grey like rostrum, the grey area trisinuate liehind, the occiput 

 being brown, except a short anterior mesial line and a curved spot at eye. Eighth 

 antennal segment not quite twice as long as broad, segment 11 as long as 9, 

 broadest in middle ; first and second segments jialer than the others. Prothorax 

 one-third liroader than long, laterally shallowly sinuate before the angle of the 

 carina, coarsely punctate, slightly dejjressed on disc before middle, a mesial vitta 

 from base to middle and a lateral discal median dot luteous, anterior lialf of disc 

 and sides luteous grey, with brown spaces, a subapical brown arch (convex ia front) 

 interru])ted by an a])ical mesial luteous grey line ; dorsal carina straight, lateral 

 (carina extended beyond middle, angle a littk; more than 90°. Scutrllum grey- 

 Elytra very little wider than jirothorax, very slightly dei)ressed at suture, gradually 

 narrowing from base to near ujiex, the latter evenly lounded ; alternate iutersiiaces 

 luteous grey, tesselated with black, apical half of third interspace with three black 

 liromincnt subtuhciculilorm dots. Pygi<iium longer tliaii broad, vvKli two luteous 

 grey vittae separated irom one another by a thin brown mesial line. Underside 



