( ~'f^l ) 



dotted with lilaok from base to a]iex, tli<; ssutural interspace Ijcaring ten to twelve 

 dots and the others almost as many. 



The van de Poll collection contains only two specimens of one form and 

 one of the other, while there are niimeruiis specimens of both in the Tring Mnseum. 



f. simulator : 



Peugaron, Martapoera, f>onth-East Borneo ; 1 c?. 



f. imitator : 



Brunei, North Borneo ; 1 S. 



Mt. Blarapok, Dent Province, Brit. North Borneo ; 1 c?. 



9. Mecocerus gibbifer Jord. (1895). 



Originally described from the " Philijjpines " from the Stettin Musenm. 



Mindoro (Dr. Platen) ; 2 c?(?. 



Davao, Mindanao (Dr. Platen); 1 cj. 



In the Tring Mnsenm a nnmber of specimens of both sexes from Samar and 

 Leite, collected by J. Whitehead. 



Broader than sjiecimens of .)/. siinnhitor Pase. (Is6tl) of the same length ; the 

 third interspace of the elytra more elevate and the tnbercle higher as a rnle. The 

 markings are sharply defined, and on the pronotum and elytra the black, more or 

 less confluent, spots occnjjy about as much space in the aggregate as the Inteous 

 spots, which stand more or less isolated on the elytra. The alternate interspaces 

 ('-I, 4, 6 and H) are more extended black than Inteons, but also bear luteous spots 

 and are encroached upon by the luteous markings of the adjacent interspaces. 

 There is a larger luteous spot on the suture behind the scntellnm and the posterior 

 half or three-fifth of the sntural interspace is almost regnlarly tessellated black and 

 Inteons. The sterna bear large black spots, which are often conflaent, and the 

 abdominal segments are black at the base, the black colour frequently being 

 so extended that the light-coloured pubescence is broken up into spots. 



Genus Physopterus Lac. (186(i). 



The genus was liased on a single species, ijihhotiiis (Jner, (184:?), in whicli 

 tlie elytra are much swollen posteriorly and flattened anteriorly and the 

 antennae are rather stout. The species has a very different facies from the 

 normal species of Mrcocenis on the one hand and Phloeopliilns at/restis Schrmh. 

 (1833) on the other. Among the species which I have described as /'////sopferaa. 

 however, there are several which form connecting links and render it difficult to 

 decide where to draw the dividing line between the three genera. Having now 

 before me all the known species and some new ones of these genera, it appears 

 to me advisable to unite P/tlono/zhiliis and Pkijgopterus, but to keep Mecocerus 

 scjiiiratc. 



I'idoeophiliix Schiinh. (lH3'.t) spelt with an c has been considered preuccnpied 

 by I'Idoiojildlus 8teph. (183u), and to replace it the new name Lemino/j/iil/m v/as. 

 I)r(jposed by I?ye, and a little later /'lati/norr//i//w/i'fx by tJeniminger and Harold 

 'lievr. in lift.), both dating from 1ST2, i.e. being six years later tlnin /V/y.s-o- 

 jilrruK. Although 1 personally would ]irefer the employment in Antlirihidne 

 of FIdoeoj/ldLus in spite of the earlier I'ldoiophUm, th^ general tendency iMnong 



