56 LYCIDiE. 



strong costse ; the interstices with two rows of distinct quadrate 

 punctures, the rows divided by a very fine line. 



Var. Thorax, scutellum, and base of elytra rusty-red. 



The elytra being scarcely pubescent gives this species a different 

 appearance from that of M. astutus. 



Metriorrhynchus atrofuscns. 



(Plate XIY. fig. 1.) 



Atro-fuscus, opacus ; thorace septemareolato, margine antico 

 crebre punctato ; elytris quadricostatis, interstitiis crebre biseriatim 

 punctato-striatis, dimidio basali fusco. c? . Long. 2|- lin. 



Bab. Borneo (Wallace). 



Head of the male rather large ; eyes large. Thorax angular in 

 front, sinuate at the sides ; with the lateral areolets not very di- 

 stinctly divided, the anterior ones rather thickly punctured. Each 

 elytron with four costae, the intervals with two lines of small, close, 

 rather elongate punctures ; the basal half of the elytra is pale 

 yellowish fuscous, the punctures in the striae black. 



Metriorrhynchus rubicundus. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 



Piceo-niger, elongatus ; thorace, scutello elytrisque rufo-ochra- 

 ceis ; elytris quadricostatis, interstitiis fortiter biseriatim punctato- 

 striatis, seriebus linea tenui divisis. 2 , Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Sylhet (J. C. Bo wring, Esq.). 



Thorax with seven distinct areolets, the mesial one very narrow ; 

 the anterior border rather roughly punctured ; the discoidal and 

 basal areolets slightly dusky. Elytra with the four costae well 

 marked, the punctures in the interstices are very distinct. 



This is an elongate narrow species. 



Metriorrhynchus flavolateralis. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Depressus, parallelus, fusco-ater ; thoracis lateribus pallide flavis ; 

 elytris crebre punctato-striatis, interstitiis angustissimis. $ . 



Long. 3| lin. 

 Hab. Aru I. (Wallace). 



Avery dull species, with a woolly appearance above. The thorax 

 is short, very much rounded anteriorly, with seven areolets, the dis- 

 coidal one broad, the anterior ones roughly punctured ; the yellow 

 at the sides is narrow. Eight very narrow costae are distinct on 

 each elytron, but the second, fourth, and sixth are a little more 

 elevated. The sterna and base of the femora are pitchy yellow ; tho 

 abdomen pitchy. 



