from the, Eastern Archijpelago. 217 



nata, longitudine funiciilo a3qiiali. Oculi magni, contigxii. Pro- 

 thorax siiboblongus, basi rotundatus. Elytra parallcla, protho- 

 raco haud latiora. Pedes mcdiocres ; femora iuerassata, subtus 

 dentata ; tihioi basi arcuata) ; tarsi breves, articulo tertio haud 

 dilatato. Ephnera mcsothoracis asceudentia. Pygidium obtectum. 

 Abdomen segmento secundo vix ampliato. 



This is the only genus with an oblong cylindrical or sub- 

 cylindrical body among all those Avith a seven-jointed funiclc. 

 The figure on the plate is far too broad, and gives a very in- 

 adequate idea of the insect. 



Heurippa amoena. PI. XV. fig. 5. 



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

 longitudine prothoracis, basi utrinque niveo-squamoso ; antennis 

 tostaccis ; prothorace basi longitudini sequali, antice angustiore, 

 crcbre punctate, maculis septem niveo-squamosis ornato, una 

 basali Hueari, tribus utrinque sitis ; scutello ovato ; elytris pone 

 humeros paulo incurvatis, sulcato-punctatis, intcrstitiis sub- 

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

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

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

 nigra obliqua notatis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Macassar. 



Metialma. 



Rostrum tenuatum, basi cylindricum, squamosum, supra lineatum ; 



■ scrobes mediauaj. Scaj^xs oculum haud attingens ; fiuiiculHs 7- 

 articulatus, articulo prime crassiore, secundo longiore, coeteris 

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

 thorax transversus, subconicus, basi lobo mediano productus. 

 Ehftra cordiformia, supra planata, apice late rotuudata. Pygi- 

 dinm detectum, transversum. Femora inerassata, praesertim au- 

 tica, dente valido infra armata ; tibice arcuatee, intermcdico postica3- 

 (]ue flexuosae, extrorsum inerassata), apice oblique truncata) ; tarsi 

 mcdiocres, articulo tertio dilatato. Ejiimera mcsothoracis ascen- 

 dentia. Abdomen normale. Corpus rhomboideum. 



The species on which this genus is founded have a very 

 uniform and distinctive appearance, and apparently are very 

 widely distributed, two of them being found in Bombay and 

 Hong Kong* respectively. 



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

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

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



Metialma scenica. 



M. nigra, supra pedibusque squamis filiformibus (lavidis albisquc v.arie- 

 gata ; rostro fusco, uitido, quinquelineato ; antennis testaceis, funiculo 



