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compressed on the flanks posteriorly, densely, finely, punctate, the 

 basal groove complete. Elytra moderately long, subparallel, wider 

 than the prothorax, closely, minutely punctate, and also finely 

 punctato-striate to near the apex, the interstices almost flat. 

 Pygidium subtruncate at the tip. Femora strongly clavate. An- 

 terior tibiae of q" armed with a sharp triangular tooth towards the 

 middle, and also very feebly, subangularly dilated midway between 

 the tooth and the apex. I'.asal joint of anterior tarsi sulieylindrical. 

 Length 4 4] mm. ( J ?.) 



Hob. Macassar (ex coll. Pascoe, q): Celebes (ex coll. 

 Bowring, $). 



Described from two specimens, the .Macassar $ being 

 taken as the type; a female, with a more rounded head 

 and slightly rougher elytra, from .Mindanao, may also 

 belong to the same species '. The sharply dentate anterior 

 tibiae of the male are characteristic. .1/. dentipes cannot 

 be identified with .1/. obscuripes (1912)* or .1/. testacei- 

 ci>nii.s (1901), Pic, from Celebes, nor is it referable to 

 M. fid ri pes, Pasc, from Macassar. Compared with .1/. 

 <pallidicornis, Pasc, the present insect is narrower and less 

 robust, the head is much smaller, the prothorax and 

 elytra are more finely punctate, the prothorax wants the 

 long, projecting, bristly hairs on each side of the base, the 

 elytra are subparallel, and the vestituTe is finer and more 

 uniform. 



28. Macratria celebensis, n. sp. 



<$. Elongate, narrow, shining, clothed with fine, adpressed, 

 pale brownish hairs; obscure ferruginous, the antennae, palpi, and 

 legs (the tibiae and first tarsal joint of the posterior pair excepted) 

 testaceous. Head very large, broad, truncate and emarginate at 

 the base, sparsely, minutely punctate: eyes Large, oval; antennae 

 long, slender, joints 9-11 elongated and thickened, I I nearly as long 

 as9and 10 united. Prothorax long, oval, narrow. Btrongly attenuate 

 anteriorly, densely scabroso-punctate, obsoletely canaliculate, the 

 basal groove deep. Elytra moderately long, subparallel in their 

 basal half, finely punctulate, and also finely punctato-striate <>n the 

 disc to about the middle, the interstices almost flat Pygidium 

 subtruncate at tip. Legs long, stout, the femora strongly clavate; 

 anterior tibiae much thickened, the basal joint of anterior tarsi also 

 widened. 



Length 4 J mm. 



* Nee .1/. obscuripes, Pic, from Nfew Guinea (1900), 



