42 Capt. T. Broun on neio 



Head broad, incurved behind the moderately prominent 

 eyes, almost smoothj having only a few feeble lugae near the 

 ej'es ; on the epistome there are two long and three short 

 striae ; labrum rounded, slightly emarginate in the middle, 

 with six setigerous punctures. Antenme with the basal four 

 joints glabrous, the remainder are finely punctate, and 

 gradually become more pubescent towards the extremity, the 

 fifth, however, is nearly nude. Thorax 3^ lines in length by 

 3| in breadth, apex slightly incurved, base medially emar- 

 ginate; its sides are only indistinctly crenate and are 

 nearly straight for two-thirds of their length, they are 

 sinuously narrowed backwards towards the obtuse posterior 

 angles; the lateral margins are distinctly explanate near the 

 anterior angles, and less so near the basal fossae ; these last 

 are of moderate size, but a]3pear flattened close to the 

 cariniforra margins ; the discoidal furrow does not attain the 

 front or base, and is marked with seven or eight punctures, 

 the largest of these is in front ; near each side there are 

 some faint striolse, and along the base there are some short 

 shallow ones. Elytra oblong-oval, each with eight well- 

 marked punctate dorsal striae, which become irregular behind, 

 the punctures, especially towards the sides, are distinct and 

 close; the three interstices nearest the suture are broad and 

 plane, the others become narrower, so that the eighth is 

 almost cariniforra, the marginal punctuation is irregular. 

 Legs moderately slender, anterior tibiae with produced outer 

 angles and stout inner spurs. 



Underside shining, rufo-piceous, nearly smooth ; on each 

 segment, near the middle, there are two setigerous punctures 

 and a large impression at each side, the terminal, in addition 

 thereto, has four punctures at its extremity. 



This species is, no doubt, nearly allied to M. lucidum, 

 Castelnau, but the postocular punctuation is absent; it is, 

 moreover, a broader insect. The elytra near the base are 

 much broader : in my specimen of M. lucidum they are so 

 narrowed that the shoulders become quite obsolete. The 

 external angle of the front tibia is almost obtuse. 



Length 13, breadth 4 lines. 



Ida Valley. 



One individual from Mr. J. H. Lewis. 



Mecodema striatum, sp. n. 



Elongate, rather narrow, glossy black, legs nigro-piceous. 

 Head moderately elongate ; between the frontal im- 

 pressions and each eye there are three coarse rugae, on the 



