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piceo notatis exceptis) testaceo-lividis ; antennis piceis, 

 articulis singulis (basali excepta) basi testaceis. Long. 

 2fl.; lat.,lil.(vix). 



The head is entirely testaceous in front of the antennae, the 

 hinder part being clouded with black so as to leave only a spot 

 above each eye testaceous. On the prothorax the dark marking, 

 takes the form of an irregular and interrupted M • On the elytra 

 the suture is narrowly blackish, and there are also on each elytron 

 four more or less interrupted vitttB wider than the sutural one. 

 None of these dark markings extend into the apical sixth part of 

 the elytra ; probably they are variable. In my example the vitta 

 next to the suture is very much interrupted, the anterior part of 

 the third vitta is wanting, and the hinder part of the same runs 

 into the hinder part of the fourth. The head is jfinely rugulose 

 in front, almost lievigate behind. The antennae are about two- 

 thirds the length of the body, and only moderately stout, much 

 less so than in A. vielanocephala, Baly. ; joint 1 long piriform 

 black, 2- less than half 1, 3 about twice 2, 4 and the 

 following joints a little longer than 3. The prothorax is about 

 a quarter again as wide as long, slightly narrowed in front, the 

 sides gently arched, the reflexed border rather strong, the front 

 margin truncate or even a little convex, the base widely produced 

 hindward behind the hind angles, the reflexed margin dilated at 

 the front and hind angles, the former being obtuse, the latter 

 right ; the surface rather finely and not closely punctulate, more 

 coarsely towards the sides. The elytra are punctured about as 

 closely as the disc of the prothorax, and scarcely so finely, having 

 also some much finer punctures intermingled. The aj)ex of each 

 femur is blackish. 



Taken in Western Australia by E. Meyrick, Esq. 



MORPHOSPH^RA. 



It is with considerable hesitation that I refer the following- 

 species to this Malayan genus ; it ought probably to form a new 

 genus, but as there are several already named genera of Gahrucidce 

 of which I have been unable to procure descriptions, I think it 

 better to refer the insect to an existing genus than run the risk 

 of increasing synonymy. The examples before me agree with 

 Morpliosphwra Sumatirina, Jac, in having the anterior coxal 

 cavities open behind, the antenna? short and robust, the elytral 

 epipleur?e obsolete (or very narrow and vertical) behind the 

 middle, the tibiae with a short apical spine, and the claws append- 

 iculate. The basal joint of the hind tarsi is a little longer than 

 the following two together, but shorter than the following three. 

 It has much the facies of a very small Adimonia, but with the 

 antennae more, and the legs somewhat less, robust It should be 



