,. : from the Eastern Archipelago. ■ •; 205 



Mecojms pulve-reus. PL XV. fig. 3. 

 M. oblongus, postice gradatim, attenuatus, prothoraco squamulig, 

 subtus elytrisque _ indumento, griseis dense tectus ; rostro capite 

 cum prothorace vix longiore, supra quinquecarinulato, squamulis 

 griseis fere usque ad apicem irrorato ; antennis dense griseo-pilosis, 

 clava, basi excepta, nigra, funiculo articulo seeundo quam tertio 

 triplo longiore;. prothorace sat amplo, apico angustato, squamulis 

 rotundatis tqcto; elj^ris cuneato-cordiformibus, apicibus' rotun- 

 datis, striato-punctatis, interstitiis. omnibus granulato-spinosis, 

 marginibus exterioribus nigris ; cdrnibus nullis; pectore longe 

 lanoso ; pedibus anticis quam reliquis multo longioribus ; femori- 

 bus, praesertim posticis, incrassatis> his corpus vix superantibus, 

 griseo-squamo^is; tibiistarsisque, minus squamogis. Long. 4| lin. 

 i/a^.- Macassar. ' ■■.['-. ^m;-;:,;.. -uiHiriii! r.v. '-■■.- .....■;•./ 



Thef same weage-shaped outlifie- as tHe laigt/but diffetently 

 clothed, and the apices of the elytra rounded. 



' '•• ■■''■•■ Mecopustenuipes. 



M. obovatus, fuscus, squamis grisescentibus albidisquo vanegatus ; 

 rostro prothorace fere triplo longiore, basi (prajsertim lateribus) 

 crebre rugoso-punctato, infra denticulato-grauulato ; antennis 

 piceis,^ funiculo mpdice tenuato, articulis duobus basalibus fere 

 aequalibus; prothoraco valde transverse, ampliato,' apice abrup^9 

 constricto, medio ajqualiter fusco-squamoso, vittis tribus margirie- 

 que basali subalbido-squamosis ; scutello oblongo, griseo ; elytris 

 subcuneatis, supra subdepressis, apicibus rotundatis, interstitiis 

 valde convexis, tertio postice bi- tridentatia, dorso griseo subvit- 

 tatis, siugiilis pone medium macula fusca obliqua uotatis ; cor- 

 nibus piceis, longiuscuHs, paulo recurvatis ; corpore infra atro, 

 albo marginato, abdomine segmento primo pone coxas brevi ; 

 pedibus tenuissimis ; femoribus squamis griseis irxoratis, posticis 

 perparum incrassatis ; tibiis posticis dense albo-squamosis. Long. 

 5 lin. 



Hah. Dorejj Aru. :. .i 



There is a vestige of another stripe on each side of the pro- 

 thorax, making five in all ; tlaere are also a few nearly obso- 

 lete brownish spots on the base of the elytra; but in this 

 genus colour is very uncertain *. 



* Another species in my collection, from one of the Fiji islands, is very 

 like the above in coloration and outline, but, inter alia, is finely granu- 

 lated on the prothorax ; it may be described as follows :^- 



Mecojnis collaris. 

 M. forma et colore M. temdpedis, sed rostro minus punctate, basi quadran- 

 gulaii ; antennis valde tenuatis, funiculo articub seeundo quam primo 

 sesquilongiore ; prothorace supra manifeste punctato, interstitiis tenuiter 

 granulatis; elytris sutura postice subserratis, interstitiis .3°, 5°, 7<<, 

 granulis elongatis subapproxiniatis instructis ; abdomine segmento 

 primo longiore ; femoribus posticis linearibus, nullomodo incrassatis ; 

 tifeii^poaticis d,enae nigro-squamo^ig,. Long. 5 lin. 



