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shonlders tliuii in .1/. ir. irh>fi'Iicnfli,a,nA is |iro(liiCL'(l Jiloiig liie siituif in lietween 

 the dorsal spots, wliic.h ure slightly coiiiiectod with this slioi't siitiiral stri)i;'. 

 Thu median Bj)ot <if the clytruiu is longer tninsversely than in wliitehcnili. 



C. Frons carinate. Eyes non-sinnate. 



13. Mecotropis arcifer Jord. (ls'J4). 

 Bal.jun ; 1 ? . 



1 1. Mecotropis pantherinus Thonis. (IsjT). 



Andai and Ilnniiioldt Hay, Unloii New (Jninoa (W. Dohertyj ; I 6 and •-» ? ?.. 

 iStei)hansort, Astrolabe Bay, German New (Juinea (Ivunzmann) ; 1 ? . 



Genus Xenocenis Schonh. (1833). 



Tlie numerous species fall into several natural groups which are distinguished 

 by the different structure of the male antennae. It is not always easy to place a 

 species, if it is only known from the 9. 



The genus is represented from Ceyhni to the Solomon Islands, Imt in tlie 

 Lesser .Sunda Islands it is only known as far east as Alor, no sj)eciraens having 

 been as yet recordeil from Tiujor, Timorlaut and the islands in between. 



1. Xenocerus speciosus .lord. (Ix'.i^). 



Kalim Bungo and l)ynia. Northern Nias, second half of 1804, and from iii. -v. 

 IMio (U.'Milschke). 



A long series of both sexes. The species varies but slightly. In one of the 

 ? ? the black median patches of the elytra are only half the normal size. 



~. Xenocerus andamanensis Jonl. (1804). 



Andaman Islands ; L' <? r? and H ? ?. 



The sntnral vitta slightly varies in width, and the postmedian dot, which 

 is confluent with it, sometimes extends to the si.xth interspace. 



3. Xenocerus saperdoides tJylh. (l^;!;ij. 

 This si>ecies varies geograi>hically. Tlie van de Poll cnlleclion contains two 

 subspecies of it : 



3a. X. saperdoides saperdoides Oylh. (Is33). 



Senggoro, Bes. I'asoeriican, .lava (A. KoUer), Palaboean, Southern .lava 

 (II. Frniistorfer), and Tji Solak, Wynkoopsbaai. Java ; 2 c? cJ and 4 ??. 



The yellowish markings of the elytra are usually all united with one another, 

 but the ajiical discal streak is sometimes disconnected. 



3b. X. saperdoides simplex -lord. (1894). 



Sintang, Borneo; 1 d. 



Mana Kiang, Palembang, 2un0— 3uOU ft., April 1890 (I. Z. Kannegieter) ; 

 1 tJ and 1 ¥. 



