218 Mr. F. P. Pascoe's Catalogue ofZygopinse 



Metialma na^via. PI. XVI. fig. 4. 



M. nigra, squamis filiformibiis albis varicgata ; rostro fusco, nitido, 

 apico lutco, basi crassiore, ( $ ?) Bupra quinqucliiicato parce sqiia- 

 moso ; anteunis subtestaceis, fimiculo articulis quinque ultimis 

 traiisversis ; prothoraco supra indistincte albo varia, basi macula 

 majuscula alba, margiue nigra, quadrifida circumdata ; scutello 

 oblongo, distincto ; elytris striato-punctatis, interstitiis latis, pla- 

 natis, basi, linea obliqua media maculisque incertis albo-squamosis, 

 notatis ; corporo infra dense albido-squamoso ; pedibus minus 

 squamosis ; fcmoribus anticis dente triangulari maxi;no infra 

 armatis, postieis extiis in medio macula fusca siguatis. Long. 

 2ilin. 



Hah. Macassar, Gilolo, Tondano, Java. 



There arc slight differences among my specimens, but no- 

 thing tliat can be regarded as specific ; that from Java has a 

 rostrum not thickened at tlie base, and, judging from Mecojms, 

 probably represents a male. 



Metialma novata. 



M. praecedenti affinis, rostro magis attenuate, basi in utroque latere 

 obsolete lincato ; funiculo articulis quinque ultimis longioribus ; 

 prothoraco antice minus angusto, medio nigro plagiato, basi ma- 

 cula albida literam T formante ; scutello orbiculari, distincto ; 

 elytris brcvibus, lateribus magis gradatim angustatis, supra albido- 



articulis duobus basalibus minus longiusculis ; clava magna, ovali ; 

 prothorace manifeste transverse, lobo medio triangulari, flavido squa- 

 moso, maculis fuscis sex, quatuor auto medium transversim sitis, 

 duabus basalibus, oruato ; elytris subcordatis, striato-punctatis, apice 

 late rotundatis et macula nivea notatis, squamis albidis flavidisque in- 

 termixtis, maculis nigris concinno dispersis ; corporo infra albido- 

 squamoso, segmentis tertio quartoque medio nigris j pedibus nigro 

 annulatis. Long. 3 liu. 

 Hab. Bombay. 



Metialma signifei'a. 



M. nigra, squamis filiformibus flavidis albisque inter] ectis subvariegata ; 

 rostro fusco, nitido, quinquelineato ; antennis subtestaceis, funiculo arti- 

 culis duobus basalibus longiusculis ; clava breviter ovata ; prothorace 

 modice transverse, basi lobo medio producto, hoc maculis duabus notato, 

 una postioa alba, altera ilavida, duabus conjunctis linea nigra fere cir- 

 cumdatis ; elytris breviter subcordatis, apice latis, leviter emarginatis, 

 striato-punctatis, flavido-squauiosis, squamis albis parce intermixtis, 

 maculisque nigris vage dispositis, apice macula lastc flavida ornatis ; 

 corpore infra albido-squamoso ; pedibus llavidis, fcmoribus apicem 

 versus nigro annulatis. Long. If lin. 



Hub. Hong Kong. 



