Genera and Species of Coleoptcra. 55 



cases it has the appearance of being slirivelled up by desiccation. 

 The structure of the pulpi and maxilla) will bo seen in the fip^res ; 

 tho labium and nientum unfortunately disappeared in dissection. 



Macratria [Pedilida)]. 

 Newman, Entom. Mag. vol. v. p. 377. 



Macratria 7nustela. (PI. II. fig. 7.) 



M. fuscaj tai-sis (basi excepta), palpis antennisque fulvescentibus, his 

 apieem versus infuscatis ; scutello parvo. 



Ilab. Natal. 



Dark brown, sparingly covered with a pale golden-yellow pile ; head 

 and pro thorax finely punctiu-ed, the latter with the sides posteriorly 

 nearly parallel; scuteUum small, subtriangular ; elytra very thickly 

 punctm-ed *, with a larger series of punctures arranged in closely set 

 rows, which are divergent at the base ; antennas and palpi tawny, the 

 former, except three or four of the basal joints, gradually becoming 

 darker; legs dark brown; the tarsi, except the basal joint of the pos- 

 terior, yellowish. Length 3 lines. 



Macratria fulvipes. 



M. nigi'a ; pedibus (tibiis posticis exceptis), palpis antennisque fulvis, his 

 apiceni versus infuscatis ; scutello magno. 



Hah. Macassar. 



Black, very sparingly covered with a pale golden-yellow pile ; head 

 and prothorax rather coarsely punctm-ed, the latter with the sides gra- 

 dually but very slightly contracting posteriorly ; scutellum large, sub- 

 quadrate ; elytra finely pimctured, a larger series in rows as in the last 

 species ; legs (except the posterior tibiae), palpi, and antennae tawny- 

 yellow, the latter with the three or four terminal joints darker. Length 

 2^ lines. 



Macratna pallidlcornis. 



M. picea ; antennis, palpis pedibusque (posticis exceptis) testaceis ; capite 

 fidvescenti. 



Hub. Borneo. 



Pitchy, very sparingly covered with a pale yeUoAvish or gi-eyish pile ; 

 head and prothorax slightly punctured, the latter somewhat ovate; 

 scutellum indistinct; elytra pmictured as in the last species, but with the 

 pile more confined to the rows of punctm-es ; antennae, palpi, and four 

 anterior legs pale testaceous ; the posterior femora, except at the base, 

 tibiae at the base and apex, and basal joints of the tarsi, dark brown or 

 nearly black ; head tawny-yellow. Length 2]- lines. 



* It is rather the appearance of punctm*cs caused by minute transverse 

 wrinkles. 



