74 LTCID^. 



Metanceus dispar. 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 1.) 



Lycus (gen. 37) dispar, Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 115. 



Elongatus, nigro-fuscus, griseo-pubescens ; thorace impressionibus 

 septem notato ; scutello apice exciso ; elytris sat convexis, sordide 

 flavis, apice infuscato, costis quatuor obtusis instructis, interstitiis 

 angustis parum convexis. Long. 4| liu. 



Hab. Malacca. 



Anteunse blackish, with grey pubescence. Thorax grey-fnscous, 

 with paler pubescence, the elevated parts paler ; surface divided 

 into seven areolets, the ridges dividing them blunt and not well 

 defined ; there is also a round fovea within each anterior lateral 

 areolet. Scutellum greyish, with the apex very deeply excised. 

 Each elytron with four rather broad blunt costse, which are efi'aced 

 at the base ; the interstices very slightly convex, each with a line 

 of obscure punctures on each side towards the apex. 



Metanceus conformis. 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 3.) 

 Lycus (gen. 37) conformis, Watei-h,, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 115. 



Nigro-fuscus, griseo-pubescens ; thorace limbo flavescenti, disco 

 utrinque biimpresso ; elytris sat convexis, sordide flavis, apice in- 

 fuscato, costis quatuor obtusis instructis, interstitiis obsolete bi- 

 seriatim punctatis. Long. 3j lin. 



Hah. Sarawak ( Wallace). 



Antennae blackish, with grey pubescence. Thorax fuscous, with 

 the margins dirty yellow ; within each of the four angles there is 

 an ill-defined impression, and in front there are three short longi- 

 tudinal carinae. Scutellum very deeply triangularly excised, yel- 

 lowish. Elytra brownish yellow (except at the apex) ; each ely- 

 tron has four rather broad blunt costa?, which are distinct to the 

 base ; the interstices with two rows of obscure subconfluent punc- 

 tures. 



This species is very close to the preceding, but the areolets on the 

 thorax are not well defined, and the costse of the elytra are distinct 

 to the base. 



Metanceus fulvus. 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 2.) 



Mgro-fuscus, angustus, convexiusculus, pubescens ; thorace fulvo, 

 obsolete scptemareolato ; elytris parallelis, fulvis, serieeo-pubescen- 

 tibus, subtiliter striato-punctatis, interstitiis alternatis convcxius- 

 culis. S ' Long. 3^ lin. 



IJah. Pcnang (J. C. Bowrin<j, Esq.). 



