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oentre, and a trifle wirier than it is lonjr. The niediiin portion of tlie notnra is feebly 

 elevate anrl Ixuniiled ou each side by a siijjht tbongli distinct depression. (Scntellnm 

 Inteons. The dots on the elytra are numerons and nearly all separated, each elytrnm 

 liearing a longitudinal row of three dorsal as well as three or four lateral spots, which 

 are larger and irregular, being evidently composed of confluent dots. On the under- 

 side there are blackish i)rown dots at the sides of the sterna and abdomen, the 

 latter bearing two rows from segment 2 to 4. 



8. Mecotropis icanus cordiger subsp. nov. 



? . Pronoto pone tuberculum mediannm hand punctato et elytromm area 

 apicali grisea autice ad suturam sinuata distinctns. 



Soekaboemi, West Java, 200(1 ft. (H. Fruhstorfer) ; 1 ?. 

 In the Tring Museum a second ? labelled Java. 



B. Groove of rostrum continued on the frons. Eye sinuate. 



9a. Mecotropis maculosus brevirostris Jord. (1894). 



Hat, Boeroe, i. ( W. Doherty) ; 3 c? c? and 3 ? ? . 



Leitiiuor, Amboina, .\ii. 1891 (Martin) ; 1 ?. 



One of the cJ t? is a peculiar aberration, the markings of the upperside being 

 almost entirely obliterated with the e.xception of the median stripe ou the head 

 and pronotum. 



9b. Mecotropis maculosus maculosus Pasc. (1860). 



Kairatoe, West Coram, ii.-iii. 1892 (Martin) \ \ S ■ 

 lllo, Ceram (C. Ribbe) ; 1 cf and 1 ?. 



This form bears a remarkably close likeness to .1/. iiisignis Pasc. (I860), while 

 brevirostris resembles ,1/. rariegatiis Oliv. (1795). 



10. Mecotropis spilosa Jord. (19ii3). 



Palawan ; 1 ? . 



Hesenibles M. caelcstis Jord. (Is9,s), but the markings of the upperside are 

 yellowish and the light-coloured parts of the underside and legs grey or nearly pure 

 white, not blue as in caelcstis. 



11. Mecotropis marmoreus Jord. (1895). 

 Brunei, Borneo ; 2 c? cf and 4 ? ? . 



12. Mecotropis whiteheadi mindorensis subsp. nov. 



r? A M. w. whiteheadi differt vittis nigris pronoti e.\tus valde irregularibus, 

 clytrorum limbo griseo basali in vittam brevissiraam snturalem duas guttas 

 anteriores attingentem produoto. 



Mindoro (Dr. Platen); 1 i. 



The (;layish grey median stripe of the pronotum is slightly widened in the 

 centre, and the lateral stripes invade the black dorsal areas in front of and 

 behind the middle. The basal border of the elytra is slightly wider below the 



