Ml. W. L. Distiuit o/j Austrafasian routatomiliC. Ml 



Eumecopus annatus. 



OW.r antiatm, Fiibr. S\>t. I'nt. p. 702 (177.'»). 



I'nvilnmrtU nifirormg, NVnlk. fat. llet. i. p. i*08. ii. 11 (18G7). 



I'ncilometis oiidux, Wiilk. loC. cit. n. 1-'. 



LiinirropuA arinatuB, IHttt. Ami. & Mag. Xnt. Hist. (7) iv. p. \2'* 



(1>;»<.»). 

 i:umfa>pu$ eallidu»,\tLn Duz, Hull. Ann. Mus. xxi. p. 195 (190')); 



Kirk. Cat. H.in. (Ili-torop.) i. p. 189 (1SK)S>). 



Van Du/.cc lias treated c<//iWm.v, Walk., as a distinct spceios, 

 ill wliicli 111' has been copied by Kirkalily. Van Dtizce 

 writes; — '• This spceics is easily distin^iuishcd by its brif^ht 

 rcddibh tint, the broad blackish suljinargins and median 

 line of the pronotuin, the dark scutellum with imperfect 

 median line and the large pale cali in the an<;ios, and the 

 conspicnous black ray on the disk of the elytra." These, 

 however, wyv not the characters found in Walker's tyjie, and 

 are more characteristic of typical arniatus. In catidus the 

 black median fascia and subiuargin to tlie pronotum are much 

 narrower, not broader; the callose basal spots to scutellum 

 vary in size in different specimens, in some the broad black 

 median band to the pronotum is continued through the 

 scutellum. 



The caliilus, Walk., is only a varietal form of a variable 

 species. 



Eumecopus alexandrianus, sp. n. 



Head purplish brown, three longitudinal fascia? at base 

 extending to a little before eyes, and in front of these the 

 margins of the central lobe, basal halves of lateral margins 

 in front of eyes, basal margins of eye-, and a basal .-pot 

 before eyes ochraceous, lateral lubes a little transversely 

 wrinkled and punctate, tin ir outer margins sinuate and 

 slightly recurved; antennic reddish testaceous, apices of 

 second and fifth joints and base of lourtli ochraceous, second 

 joint bube(iual in length to tliiid, first loiigly passing apex 

 of head, slightly tliickeiied and curved, fourth slightly longer 

 than ti.ird, distinctly longer than fifth; pronotum |)ur|)lish 

 brown, very coarsely punctate and iirorate with ochraceous 

 markingd, ihe anterior and lateral areas moie finely punctate, 

 lateral margins srongly concavely sinuate, obscurely crenu- 

 latt> near apices, posterior angles strongly spinously prodiu-ed, 

 a 1 ttlr upwardly recurved ; siMitellum dark purplish brown, 

 irroiated witli ochraceous, slightly rngulose, coai>eiy thickly 

 punctate, a Icvi-atc spot at each basal angle, a smaller 

 central basal spot and ihe apex broadly ochraceous ; corium 

 purplish brown, thickly and more finely punctate, irregularly 



