and Species of Longicoms. 275 



narrower prothorax, sparse pubescence, and femora without 

 spines at the apex, most nearly ap])roaehes the tyjjieal forms 

 of the genus, such as I), columbltia^ Serv. ; in c<»lour it is 

 somewljat like />. 7-iiti/»\s-, Bates. The lout;; liairs heneatli tlit- 

 antenna' in this and allied i;enera are, 1 l)elieve, only found in 

 the early life of the insict, and are not dependent on sex, as 

 Lacordairc supposes. 



Mdejena cyanea. 



M. nitida, violacca, clytris cyancis, sparse erecto-pilosa ; capitc vap^c 

 puiictato, labrn palpisijuo tlavis ; anteniiis teiiuihus, setaceis, cor- 

 pore fere duplo longioribus, articulis duobus basalibus ilavis, 

 caitoris apiceiu versus infusoatis, basi sordide fulvis : j)rotliorace 

 paulo longiore (luara latiore, disco subquadritubcrculato {'2.2), 

 vage punctato ; seutello nigro ; clytris modico eloiigatis, pube 

 subtilissima sparse vestitis, a])icibus subcniarginatis, liaud spi- 

 nosis, sat fortitcr punctatis, inuiotis apiceiu versus evaneseeutil)us; 

 eoriiore infra uitidc violaceo, pube subtilissima scricantc iiuluto; 

 pedibus fulvis, femoribus intermediis et posticis parte clavata 

 violacca. Long. 6 liu. 



Hab. Cochin China. 



A proportionally shorter form than the Borneo M. jmhi- 

 pennis, Avith more slender antcuufe, the apices of the elytra 

 not mueronate, &c. Melegena, inter alia, is distinguished 

 from Xoenn'a Ly its coarsely facetted, renlform eyes. (See 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3. iii. p. God.) 



Temnosternus vitulus. 



T. picexis, pube grisea tectus ; capito deuso pubescente, linea media 

 excepta ; prothorace valde disperse punctato, vittis tribus minus 

 pubesceutibus ornate ; clytris oblougo-ovatis, remote punctatis, 

 apicibus oblique truncatis, augulo exteriore breWter mucronato, 

 postice fascia lata pubescente, margiuibus denudatis, ornatis, 

 singulis costis duabus longitudinalibus munitis, costa exteriore 

 abbreviata et minus dctcrminata ; corporo infra castaneo, uitidis- 

 .simo, lateribus pubcscentibus. Long. 5 liu. 



Hab. Queensland (Wide Bay). 



Something like T. phtiiu^culuSjWh.; but that species, t«^er 

 aliaj has the elytra gradually drawn out into a point. 



Ancylonotiis nasicomis. 



A. fuscus, pube plcrumque fuscescente tectus; capite inter antennas 

 fortitcr excavato, supra clj'pcura cornu triaiigulari porrecto ar- 

 mato ; scapo modice elongato, artieulo tertio llcxuoso, duobufl 

 seiiucntibus conjunctim longiore ; prothorace trausverso, antice 



