106 COLEOPTERA 



Metoponcus. 



Kratz. 



Differs from Xantholinus in having the apical joint of the maxillary 

 palpi small and conical ; the intermediate coxae very large and some- 

 what approximated. 



196. M. brOUIli, Sharp; Entom. Mon. Mag., June, 1876. 

 Elongatus, castaneus, nitidus, fere laevis, elytris fuscis basi dilutioribus, 

 pedibus abdominisque basi testaceis. 



Long. Corp., 5-8 mm. 



Antenna dark red, short and stout, second joint short and stout but 

 larger than third, sixth to tenth differing very little from one another, 

 transverse, eleventh rather paler than the preceding joints, and a good 

 deal longer than the tenth. Head of a chestnut colour with a very few 

 scattered, moderately large punctures, and also with some sparing very 

 fine punctures, it is not much shining. TJwrax longer than broad, a 

 little narrowed towards the base, similar in colour to the head, appearing 

 at first impunctate, but with a series of four or five extremely obsolete 

 punctures on each side of the middle, the base with a very fine, short, 

 channel in the middle. Elytra scarcely longer than the thorax, of a 

 blackish colour, with the base reddish, impunctate. Hind-body with the 

 two basal segments yellow, the following ones reddish, but each with a 

 large dark mark across the middle, it is impunctate and shining. Under- 

 side of head almost impunctate, and with a well-marked lateral margin. 



Numerous specimens of this insect have been sent me by Captain 

 Broun, who informs me that it is found under the bark of decaying logs 

 of Dammara australis. The species varies a good deal in size. 



197. M. fulvipes, n.s. Antenna, head, and thorax red; the first, 

 except the basal joint, a little obscured by their fine pubescence ; elytra 

 aeneo-fuscous, with paler shoulders ; abdomen fuscous, the last segment 

 and the hind margin of all the others pale castaneous ; legs yellow. 



Differs from M. brouni in sculpture, the head having two elongate 

 frontal impressions and three inter-ocular, its dorsal space is smooth, 

 but there are three or four rows of fine punctures between it and the 

 sides ; the prothorax is without median impression, but bears indistinct 

 rows of very fine punctures ; elytra distinctly but irregularly punctured ; 

 second joint of the antennae quite as large as the third. 



In M. brouni there are two oblique frontal grooves on the head. 



Length, if; breadth, J line. 



I found one example at Parua. 



198. M. rufulus, n.s. Head and thorax blackish-red, the former 

 darker, the basal half of the elytra of a similar colour, the other pitchy- 

 black, hind-body brownish-red, the apical and hind part of the first and 

 second segments piceous, legs reddish-testaceous, antennae red. 



Antenna pubescent, the second and third joints equal. Head 

 oblong, convex, with two oblique frontal furrows, punctulated, three 



