204 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



somewhat convex. Pygidium feebly sinuate at the tip. Legs 

 stout; basal joint of anterior tarsi much thickened, that of the 

 posterior pair curved. 

 Length 6| mm. (<J ?) 



Hob. Waigiou (Wallace). 



One specimen. A robust, submetallic, black insect, with 

 a narrow, basally emarginate head, rather small eyes, an 

 oblong, broad, non-constricted prothorax, peculiarly formed, 

 almost wholly black antennae, stout legs, and distinctly 

 striato-punctate, posteriorly narrowed elytra. M. beccarii, 

 v. submetallica, and M. loriae, Pic, from New Guinea, must 

 come near the present insect. 



3. Macratria forticornis, 



? Macratria forticornis, Pic, Le Naturaliste, 1897, p. 159. 



Elongate, robust, broad, subopaque, thickly clothed with adpressed 

 brown hairs, the vestiture of the legs and under surface cinereous ; 

 black, the two basal joints of the maxillary palpi testaceous, the 

 anterior and intermediate femora to near the apex, and the posterior 

 femora in front, testaceous or rufescent. Head about as long as 

 broad, much narrower than the prothorax, considerably developed 

 behind the comparatively small rounded eyes, subtruncate and feebly 

 emarginate at the base, closely, minutely punctate ; antennae setulose, 

 long, stout, widened and compressed from the third joint, joints 

 3-8 about as broad as long, 9-11 subequal and greatly elongated, 

 each about three times the length of 8; apical joint of the maxillary 

 palpi very long, cultriform. Prothorax oblong-oval, broad, not 

 compressed on the flanks posteriorly, densely scabroso-punctate and 

 obsoletely canaliculate, the basal groove well defined. Elytra long, 

 much wider than the prothorax, gradually narrowing from the base, 

 hollowed along the suture posteriorly; very densely scabroso- 

 punctulate, and also with rows of fine punctures to beyond the 

 middle, the interstices obsoletely costate externally. Pygidium 

 broad, trifid at the apex, and with a deep fovea on each side before 

 the tip, the foveae limited inwards by a short longitudinal ridge. 

 Legs stout. 



Length [5J-]6J mm. ($ ?) 



Uab. New Guinea, Andai [type]. 



The example now described, from the Pascoe collection, 

 was probably found by Wallace, but the locality-label 

 attached to it is illegible. The insect agrees, however, so 



