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and the part behind the transverse sulcus being black while the 
intermediate portion is yellow. Its nearest previously described 
ally seems to be M. modesta, Blackb. 
Victoria. 
M. piticollis, sp. nov. Ovalis, modice elongata; sat nitida ; 
testacea, macula frontali maculis in prothorace 2 magnis et 
elytris (macula magna communi testacea excepta) fuscis vel 
nigro-fuscis, antennis (basi excepta) plus minusve infuscatis ; 
his quam corpus paullo brevioribus modice robustis, articulo 
basali modico, 2° brevi, 3° quam 2"* sat longiori, 4° modico 
(1°, et 2° 3° que conjunctis, longitudine sat s#quali); capite 
vix perspicue punctulato, inter oculos transversim profunde 
arcuatim sulcato; prothorace quam longiori plus quam 
dimidia parte latiori, transversim vix impresso, subtiliter 
minus perspicue punctulato: elytris leviter minus perspicue 
punctulatis ; epipleuris pone medium obsoletis ; tarsorum 
posticorum articulo basali quam ceteri conjuncti manifeste 
longiori. Long., 2 1.; lat., 1 1. (vix). 
Readily recognisable by the dark blotch on the middle of the 
forehead together with another somewhat similar (but larger) on 
either side of the median line of the prothorax and close to its 
front margin. The common testaceous area on the elytra seems 
variable in size and shape,—in some examples being nearly a 
parallelogram and occupying the larger portion of the elytra, in 
other examples being considerably smaller and having its shape 
modified by the dark basal and apical coloring being more or less 
prolonged along the suture (I have not seen any example in 
which the suture is wholly dark so as to divide the testaceous 
spot). 
Victoria. 
MW. debilis, sp. nov. Ovalis, minus elongata ; nitida ; sordide 
rufo-testacea, antennis (articulis basalibus 4 exceptis) tibiis 
tarsis pectoreque infuscatis, abdomine fere nigro ; antennis 
minus robustis quam corporis dimidium paullo longioribus, 
articulo basali sat elongato, 2° brevi, 3° quam 2" sesqui- 
longiori, 4° sat elongato (1°, et 2° 3° que conjunctis, longit- 
udiue sat equali) ; capite fere levi, inter oculos transversim 
profunde arcuatim sulcato; prothorace quam longiori duplo 
latiori, transversim vix perspicue impresso, sparsius sat 
subtiliter punctulato; elytris subtiliter sat sparsim (quam 
prothorax paullo magis subtiliter magis sparsim) punctulatis ; 
epipleuris pone medium obsoletis; tarsorum posticorum 
articulo basali quam ceteri conjuncti vix longiori. Long., 
12 Le plat.,.211. 
A species of inconspicuous appearance, differently colored from 
