100 Records of the S.A. Museum 



Head with dense and small, ]>artially concealed punctures; median line well 

 defined on basal lialf, feeble in fmnt. Antennae slig;htly passing elytra, lirsl joint 

 stout, third slightly longer than first and second combined, and considerably longer 

 than fourth, the others gradnall}' decreasing in length. I'rotlioni.v consideralily 

 longer than wide, sides rather lightly rounded in niidille, base and apex equal and 

 truncate; punctures as on head, filvtra at base no wider than base of prothorax, 

 parallel-sided for a short distance, then sliglul}' dilated to beyond the middle. 

 and then narrowed to apex, wdiere each has a conspicuous sjiinc; base depresseil 

 and with rows of coarse punctures, elsewhere with punctures as on head. Legs 

 short and stout; hind femora not passing third abdominal segment; tibiae slightly 

 shorter than femora. Length, 4 '^-^ '5 mm. 



Hob. Oueensland : Hundaberg ( lilackbuiai's collection ) . 'lA'pe. I.1J301). 



Differs from the species herein commented upon as M. f^ascoci (an<l wliicli 

 appears to be correctly identified ) by its consistently smaller size, prothorax 

 with pale longitudinal markings (due to a median zone of darker pubescence). 

 and elytra with a postniedian dark Ijand coniplctel}- interrupting the longitudinal 

 pale lines ; the apical armature is also different : at the apex of each elytron the 

 spine is shorter, and appears to be given off at one side (pi. ix, fig. 10), but on 

 M. pascoei the spine is conspicuously longer, and appears as a continuation of 

 each elytron (fig. 11). On this species and on M. pascoci the hind femora ter- 

 minate some distance before the tips of the elytra, and it is doubtful if these 

 species can be regarded as generically distinct from Corcstctlia i/isiilaris; they 

 are certainly. des]jite tlie shortness of the legs, congeneric with M. liiwolata. but 

 M. trans'c'crsa is the type of the genus; the eyes, including the paucity of the 

 facets, are almost exactly as on C". iiisularis. but tiie elytra are less parallel-sided, 

 and the markings and tips are dift'erent. There is a faint coi)pery gloss on the 

 reddish parts, but it is very conspicuous on the d;irk' parts ; the latter comprise 

 most of the head, most of the prothorax, a space across middle of elytra, and 

 some smaller parts towards apex and about base, most of under-surface, and the 

 femora, except at base an<l ajicx; jiarts of the antennae are usually lightly infus- 

 cated. The clothing on most of the upper-surface is rather pale, and more or 

 less lineate in arrangement, but on the dark parts it is usually also dark. excei)t 

 that down the middle of the jironotum the pale pubescence forms lines, about 

 eight in number. On the elytra the lines of ]iale puliescence are rather conspicu- 

 (jus, but about the luiddle there is a curved dark space that interrupts them all. 

 between it and the apex there are also a few dark spots, appearing on some 

 specimens as remnants of a circle or semicircle. ' >n the under-surface the pubes- 

 cence is sparser and uniformly distributed. The cl>tra are decidedly depressed 

 at the base, but rather less so than on others of the genus, their alternate inter- 



