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nitida, brevis, pronoto lato, latoribus antice leviter arcuatis, postice 

 rectis, fere parallelis; elytiis subglobosis, valde convexis, minute 

 sed fortiter punctatis ; tibiis omnibus paulo clavatis, basaliter leviter 

 arcuatis; antennis robustis, articulis 3°-5° paulo elongatis, duobus 

 ultimis latis, transversis. 



Long. 3-4 mm. ; lat. max. 2-5-2-75 mm. 



Hah. Malay Peninsula : Perak {Doherty), Penang (Oct. 

 and Nov., G. E. Bryant). 



This little insect is shorter and more globular than any 

 other species of the genus known to me. It closely 

 resembles M. jndchella, but the elytra are more hemi- 

 spherical in shape and blue instead of violet in colour, 

 with narrowly refiexed margins. The legs are moderately 

 slender and the tibiae narrow and a little curved in the 

 anterior half, broader towards the end. The antennae are 

 stout and compact, gradually dilating towards the club, 

 which is broad, with the last two joints transverse. 



I have examined a series of thirteen specimens, which 

 are practically identical, except that one, which I believe 

 to be the male, is rather larger, with stouter legs and more 

 dilated antennae. 



Mycetina pusilla, sp. n. . 



Rufo-testacea, pedibus flavis, pronoti lateribus et elytrorum 

 apicibus vage pallidioribus, antennisque nigris, articulis duobus 

 basalibus exceptis; minor, ovata, convcxa, nitida, pronoti lateribus 

 antice valde arcuatis, postice fere rectis, paulo contractis ; elytris 

 sat brevibus, ovatis, convexis, parce leviter punctatis; pedibus 

 antennisque sat gracilibus, harum articulo ultimo ad duos pre- 

 cedentes magnitudine fere aequali. 



Long. 25 mm. ; lat. max. 1-5 mm. 



Hah. Tenas.serim : Tavoy (Doherty). 



This closely resembles M. pallida and is exactly the 

 same in colour, but it is a little smaller and more 

 gracefully shaped, the pronotum being relatively a little 

 longer, the sides more strongly rounded in front and more 

 contracted behind, the elytra shorter, more convex and 

 more oval in outline and a little less strongly punctured. 

 The antennae are more slender, with the joints not closely 

 articulated, the club not much dilated, but the terminal 

 joint considerably larger than the rest. 



