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transverse band, none of the lines complete from base to apex, except that situated 

 in third interspace, the posterior transverse baud, broader than in striattis, and 

 farther backwards in position, continued laterad bj- some short streaks. 



Hab. Queensland. 



One cJ, four ? ? . 



33. Mecocerina guttata spec. nov. 



c?. Brown-black, densely covered with a grey pubescence. Two broad dorsal 

 vittae on prothorax, and a small lateral antemediau dot ; eight spots on each 

 elytrum, a dorsal row of four larger ones, the first postbasal, and a limbal row 

 of four smaller ones, the first humeral ; tip of tibiae and of first tarsal segment 

 and the whole second to fourth tarsal segments brown-black. 



Rostrum somewhat rVc/«.v-like, mesially grooved, apically flattened, the two 

 dorsal carinae (one on each side) somewhat converging in middle, then strougly 

 diverging, obsolescent towards apex. Frons as in xenoceroides. Antenna nearly 

 three times the length of the body, thin, second segment short, tenth longer, 

 more than twice the length of eleventh, its extreme base and the apical half 

 of ninth white. Prothorax short, transversely sulcate before middle, carina 

 slightly convex dorsally, semicircularly curved frontad laterally. Elytra similar 

 in shape to those of xenoceroides. Process of mesosternum and the abdomen as 

 in xenoceroides ; prosternum rather obviously convex in middle. 



Length, 6^ mm. 



Hab. Toli-Toll, Nortli Celebes, 11. xii. 189(J (Fruhstorfer). 



One c?. 



34. Mecocerina amabilis salomonis spec. nov. 



J?. In structure tlie same as M. amah, amabilis (18.59) Pascoe. Prothorax 

 with broad lateral black-brown vitta which is abbreviated behind, besides the two 

 dorsal vittae. Elytra marked with black-brown as follows : a large subbasal dorsal 

 spot connected with an elongate lateral humeral patch by means of a small suiibasal 

 spot ; a transverse median baud, nearly interrupted in third iuterstice, laterally 

 not reaching margin of wing, the sntural spot further backwards than the discal 

 portion of the band, a large subapical rounded area on each elytrum, including 

 two or three elongate spots of the ground-colour, and either touching suture or 

 separate from it. 



Ilab. Solomon Is. : Florida, January 19ul (Meek and Eichhorn), tt/pe, and 

 Tulagi (Woodford). 



Three <?(?, one ?. 



In the ? the antenna (club excepted) is rufous. 



35. Mucronianus (?) khasianus spec, nov. 



? . Differs from Macroninnus rujijies in the structure of the rostrum and the 

 pygidinm. Black ; segments to 8 of antenna grey ; rostrum, cheek, ujjjjcr edge 

 of eye and a mesial occipital triangular vitta greyish clay. A mesial vitta on 

 pronotum, with which is connected at carina a small pointed obliijue spot, a discal 

 dot, and a broad lateral vitta indistinctly centred with brown, clay-colour; basal 

 half of elytra cluy, including njany black spots, wliich are more or less confluent ; 



