from the Eastern Archipelago. 217 



nata, longitudine funiculo aequali. Ocxdi magni, contigui. Pro- 

 thorax suboblongus, basi rotuudatiis. Ehjtra parallela, protho- 

 race baud latiora. Pedes mediocres ; femora incrassata, subtus 

 dentata; txhi(p. basi arcuata) ; tarsi breves, articulo tertio baud 

 dilatato. Epimera mesothoracis ascendentia. Ptigidium obtectum. 

 Abdomen segmento secuudo vix ampliato. 



Tliisisthe onlj genus with an oblong cylindrical or sub- 

 cylmdncal body among all those with a seven-jointed funicle. 

 Ihe hgure on the plate is far too broad, and gives a very in- 

 adequate idea of the insect. 



Heuripim amoena. PI. XV. fig. 5. 

 H. oblonga, angusta, nigra; rostro modice arcuato, ferrugineo, 

 longitudino protboracis, basi utrinque niveo-squamoso ; antennis 

 testaceis; prothorace basi longitudini asquaH, antice angnstiore, 

 erebre puuctato, maculis septcm niveo-squnmosis ornato, una 

 basaU lineari, tribus utrinque sitis ; scuteUo ovato ; elytris pone 

 humeros paulo incurvatis, sulcato-punctatis, intcrstitiis sub- 

 planatis, cervino-squamosis, vitta suturali postice amphata late- 

 ribusque nigris ; corporc infra sat dense niveo-squamoso ; pedibus 

 rufo-testaceis, leviter albo-squamosis ; femoribus posticis linea 

 nigra obHqua notatis. Long. 2 hn. 



Hob. Macassar. 



Metialma. 

 Rostrum tenuatum, basi cylindricum, squamosum, supra lineatum • 

 scrohes mediauae. Scaj^^us ocuhim baud attingens ; funimhis 7- 

 articulatus, articulo prime crassiore, secundo longiore, cajteris 

 brcvionbus et gradatim latioribus ; clava ovata, adnata. Pro- 

 tliorax transversus, subconicus, basi lobo mediano productus. 

 Ehjtra cordiformia, supra planata, apice late rotundata. Pyni'- 

 dium detectum, transversum. Femora incrassata, prajscrtim au- 

 tica, dente valido uafra armata ; tihice arcuat;©, intermedia? posticie- 

 que flexuosae, extrorsum incrassatoe, apice obhque truncatje ; tarsi 

 mediocres, articulo tertio dilatato. Epimera mesothoracis ascen- 

 dentia. Abdomen normale. Corpus rhomboideum. 



The species on which this genus is founded have a very 

 unitorm and distinctive appearance, and apparently are very 

 widely distributed, two of them being found in Bombay and 

 Hong Kong* respectively. 



* I take tHa opportunity to describe them : the first probably marks 

 the range of the subfamily to the north-west j and the other has perhaps 

 very nearly attamed the limit to the north or north-east. 



Metialma scenica. 

 M. nigra, supra pedibusque squamis filiformibus flavidis albisque varie- 

 gata ; rostro fusco, mtido, quiuquelineato ; auteunis testaceis, fimiculo 



