342 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known 



Elytra short, ovate. Legs short, robust. Prosternum slightly produced 

 posteriorly ; mesosternum with a corresponding process anteriorly. Ex- 

 ternal angle of the anterior cotyloid cavities very large. 



The principal points which distinguish Abryna from Aprophata 

 are the rounded head, especially convex in front and on the vertex, 

 the ovate elytra, and the large angulation of the anterior cotyloid 

 cavities; but the habit is so very distinct that it would be doing 

 violence to all our ordinary notions of generic identity to keep them 

 together, although, it must be confessed, the technical characters are 

 not very important, and perhaps rather questions of degree. I have, 

 however, repeatedly compared all the species one with another, and 

 I find every character, so far as they can be ascertained without 

 dissection, usually considered of generic importance, and not men- 

 tioned above, more or less variable. The species of Aprophata are 

 excessively rare in collections, very little known, are natives of the 

 Philippine Islands, and have all been described by Mr. Newman in 

 a work which is now very scarce (the ' Entomologist '). The follow- 

 ing dignoses of the three species may therefore be useful : — 



Aprophata eximia. A. viridi-metallica, nitidissima ; prothorace elytrisque 



maculis piligeris griseis ornatis. 

 Aprophata fausta. A. nigro-chalybeata, nitidissima ; elytris cyaneo-nie- 



tallicis, immaculatis. 

 Aprophata notha. A. nigra, suhnitida ; sternoruni lateribus abdominisque 



segmento basali raargine hirsutis, ferrugineo-fulvis. 



The last species has sometimes a slightly purplish tint, and has 

 been recently received from Manilla (via Germany), ticketed "Doliops, 

 n. s." In this species, too, the two prothoracic tubercles are wanting. 



Meton [Lamiidae]. 



Head subquadrate in front. Antenna? setaceous, longer than the body, 

 arising from two diverging tubercles, the basal joint rather short, gra- 

 dually thicker towards the apex, the third and fourth equal and longest, 

 the rest more or less equal. Eyes small, deeply emarginate. Lip nar- 

 rower than the epistome. Palpi small, slender, the terminal joint 

 elongate-ovate. Prothorax nearly equal in length and breadth; a 

 short, strong tooth at the side, with small tubercles above. Elytra 

 wider than the prothorax, the sides subparallel, the base more or less 

 crested. Legs robust ; tibia? clavate ; tarsi straight, the distal end 

 thickened and covered with short hairs ; tarsi narrow, the joints trans- 

 verse, except the basal of the intermediate and posterior, which are 

 triangular; claw-joint moderate ; pro- and mesosterna simple. 



I described two species of this genus (but without characterizing 

 the genus itself) in the 'Trans. Ent. Soc.,' 2nd ser. v. p. 42 (July 



