BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 731 



feebly produced, sides parallel to near apex. Pectoral canal 

 not very deep or wide, terminated just behind anterior coxae. 

 Mesostemal receptacle feebly raised in front, sides rounded and 

 decreasing to base, eniargination strongly transverse; cavernous. 

 Metasternum large, longer than 1st segment of abdomen; episterna 

 very distinct. Abdomen large, sutures distinct; basal segment 

 slightly larger than 2nd, intercoxal process rounded, apex lightly 

 incurved; three apical segments flat, the 3rd and 4th combined 

 slightly shorter than 2nd and longer than 5th. Legs short; 

 femora stout, edentate, not grooved, posterior only extending to 

 apex of 2nd abdominal segment; tibiae compressed, short and 

 deep, lightly bisinuate beneath; tarsi short, 3rd joint large, wide, 

 deeply bilobed. 4th short, the length of 3rd only, squamose and 

 feebly setose; claws widely separated. Depressed, oblong-elliptic, 

 not fasciculate or tuberculate, winged. 



Mr. Pascoe describes the claw-joint as " haud setoso," but in 

 this he was certainly mistaken. The genus is close to Bphrycus, 

 from which it is separated by the shape of the mesosternal 

 receptacle. 



Metacymia marmorea Pasc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 55 15. 



(J. Piceous-red, antennae dull red. Densely clothed all over 

 with round, soft, overlapping scales, which entirely conceal the 

 colour and punctures. Prothorax with a few semierect scales 

 and setose scales at apex and sides. Scales of upper surface either 

 ochreous and black, or ochreous-grey and brown, and very variable 

 in pattern; head with two dark spots. Under surface with 

 cream-coloured or leaden-grey scales, interspersed with a few 

 setae; the metasternal episterna usually brown. Legs with 

 ochreous or ochreous-grey scales; femora and tibiae each with a 

 blotch of brown or black scales. 



Head densely and strongly punctate. Rostrum with sides 

 lightly incurved to middle ; densely punctate, the punctures 

 decreasing in size to apex. Scape terminated considerably before 

 apex of rostrum. Prothorax densely and moderately strongly 

 punctate, disc with a distinct rounded impression on each side of 



