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]. Meganthribus sulphureus Waicrli. Cl>T<'i). 



Aiidanian Islands; 4 c? <? nnd o ? ?. 



Tlic s)iiH;ies is only known from the Andamans. It is easily rccognisf<l, for 

 which reason I have chosen it as the type of the new generic, name. 



2. Meganthribus childreni (iray (1832). 



Pengalengan, West Java, 4000 ft. (H. Frahstorfnr) ; 1 ? . 



In trnc rhihlrrni the elytra are distinctly depressed along the snture. The 

 sterna bear lateral patches, which vary from orange to greyish yellow and are 

 tnore or less bordered with grey. The central jwrtion of the ])ro- and mesosterna 

 is lihuk, with the exception of the mesosternal i)rocess. The groove along the 

 ajiical margin of the raelasternnin is very deep ; it curves forward medianly, but is 

 not angnlate, not encroaching npon the intercoxai i>rocess of the metasternura. 



The following insect is possilily a form of rhihlivni, iinl as the new insect, 

 according to the van de Poll collection, also occurs on Java, the home of childreni, 

 it is advisable to treat it for the present as a distinct species. 



■>. Meganthribus euspilus spec. nov. 



(??. .1/. fhihlii'iii valde atKiiis, |irotiioriiee elytriscjne liilioiibus, elytris ad 

 sntnram vi.x impressis, interstitiis alternis conspicne albo el, nigro tessellatis, 

 pronoto albo gnttato. 



Manna, Sumatra (M. Knappert) ; 1 S (type). 



Telaga J{odas,Garoct Preanger, Java, 4000— 500U ft., i. 1891 (I. Z. Kannegieter); 

 1 S and 1 ? . 



In the Tring Mnsenni also from Perak and B(dok-Baros, Medan, Sumatra. 



The upjiersido nniformly and densely pubescent tawuy-olive, usually more olive 

 than tawny, witii prominent black and white markings. The white spots on the 

 elytra more numerous than in M. chiMreni, especially in the sutural interspace. 

 The base of the second segment of the foretarsus conspicuously white like tliat of 

 the first segment, but the white colouring more restricted. The abdomen of the 

 same yellow tint as the sterna, with conspicuous white lateral dots, the bases of 

 the segments also being white. 



I should have treated this form as a geograj)hical race of .)/. childreni, if it was 

 not for the Javan specimens in coll. van de Poll. The labelling of the two examples, 

 however, may be erroneous : at any rate, it would be desirable to see the record 

 from Java confirmed. 



4. Meganthribus atopus spec. nov. 



9 . Etiam afiinis ^1/. childreni, cujus varietas geographica verisimiliter est. 

 Supra fnlvo-olivaceo pubescens, alboguttatns, prothorace lineis dnabns angustissimis 

 valde interruptis nigris ornato, elytris ad suturam vix dejjrcssis, interstitio snturali 

 sparsim albo vix nigro gnttato, abdomine utrinipie duabus seriebus guttarum 

 albarum ornato. 



Tondano, Minahassa, North Celebes ; 1 ? . 



The black markings are less numerous and also smaller than in .V. childreni 

 and euspilus, being partly suppressed by the greater development of the tawny- 

 olive pubescence. The white markings stand out very distinctly; those on the 

 thorax arc smaller than in the forms mentioned, the central spot being elongate- 



