ISO Ml". G. (3. ("'liaiiniion en Cole^U era from 



Ceylon, ^:c., but it canuot bo idontificil from any of the 

 piiblislie;! descriptions. Tlicre is a loni^ series of it in the 

 British ^[aseum from niiny diffcre\it kx-alities ; and Mr. 

 Bryant has recently captured numerous examples in Borneo. 

 M. mixta, F., from New Guinea &c., is an allied form, and 

 an unnamed insect from the Andaman Is, in the Museum 

 oolleetion is, perhaps, a variety of the present species. 

 M. compositd, Walk., has very dilfcreiit clytral niarkings. 



11). MorJc'lla dispiirilis. s[). \\. 



(^ . Moderately (4()ns:ate, rather narrow ; black, the head 

 (except a lari^e transverse patch on the vertex, Avliich is 

 sometimes wantinu), moutli-parts, joints 1—3 of the antennie, 

 the sides of the prothorax. broadly, the elytra each with an 

 oblique stripe extendinjj^ from the shoulder to near tlie 

 suture and a curved or oblique fascia just beyond extendinj^ 

 narrowly backwards along' the suture to iiear the ti[) (the 

 latter sometimes nearly or quite obsolete, or represented by 

 yellowish pubescence), the anterior coxie, femora, and til)iui, 

 the intermediate til)ite, the extreme base of the [)()sterior 

 tibiae, and the calcaria testaceous or rufo-testaceoiis ; varie- 

 gated with cinereous, tlavo-cinereous, and fuscous pubescence, 

 the flavo-cinereous hairs mostly jjlaced on the fasciate 

 portions of the surface, the vestiture of the under surface 

 almost wholly cinereous. Antennre moderately long", slender, 

 joints 2 and 3 very short, equal in length, 4—11 much longer 

 than broad, subserrate. Terminal joint of maxillary palpi 

 rather stout, subtriangular. Prothorax transverse, a Mttlc 

 broader than the elytra, rounded at the sides. Elytra nar- 

 rowing from the base. Pygidium about as long as the 

 posterior tarsi. Anterior femora beneath, and anterior tibiae 

 at the base within, fusco-ciliate. 



2. Similar to <^ , but Mith the head, prothorax, and 

 intermediate femora infuscate, the antennfe a little shorter, 

 the anterior femora and tibiae without longer hairs. 



Vur. The oblique elytral fascite connected along the 

 middle of the disc. 



Length (inch pygid.) 3^-41 mm. ((^ ? .j 



Loc. Seychelles: Silhouette, Mahe. 



Eleven examples ; the six from Silhouette were taken in 

 the high forest above Mare aux Cochons and in the low 

 coconut-planted country near the coast at Pointe Etienne, 

 ix. 1908 ; the five from Mahe were collected in the forest at 

 the summit of Morne Pilot, over 2000 'ieex. in the Mare aux 



