200 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY 



(267) 1. * Macrops maculicollis. Spotted-necked Macrops. 



M. (maculicollis) niger pilosv-subincaytus ; prothorace obsolete carinato postice utrinque macula baseos alba ,• antennis cavlc,femo- 



ribus basi, tibiis tarsisque obscure rufis. 

 Spotted-necked Macrops, black, rather hoary from pile ; prothorax obsoletely ridged, having on each side posteriorly a 



white spot ; stalk of the antennae, base of the thighs, and the tibiae and tarsi obscurely rufous 



PLATE VIII, FIG. 4. 

 Length of the body 2 lines. 



Two specimens taken in Lat. 65°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, rather hoary from decumbent hairs and scales. Rostrum very minutely punctured ; 

 ridge reaching from the base to the apex ; stalk of the antenna? a dull-red : prothorax minutely and 

 thickly punctured, obsoletely ridged, having the sides, especially at the base, covered with little while 

 scales : elytra furrowed, furrows punctured : tibiae, tarsi, and base of the thighs of a dull obscure 

 red, posterior thighs on the inside more distinctly rufous. 



(268) 2. * Macrops vitticollis. Stripe-necked Macrops. 



M. (vitticollis) nigricans, squamulosus ; rostro apice carinato ; prothorace vittis tribus cinereis, lateral/bus subundulatis ; elytris 



cinereo-marmoratis .■ antennis caule, tibiis tarsisque, rufescentibus. 

 Stripe-necked Macrops, blackish, covered with minute scales ; rostrum ridged at the apex ; prothorax with three cinereous 



stripes, the lateral ones rather wavy ; elytra mottled with cinereous : stalk of the antennae, and the tibia? and 



tarsi rufescent. 



Length of the body -2\ lines. 



A single specimen taken. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body covered with brownish-black scales. Rostrum ridged at the tip, the rest covered with 

 scales, which perhaps conceal the remainder of the ridge ; stalk of the antennae rufous : prothorax 

 with three narrow pale stripes, the lateral ones a little waved : scutellum pale ; elytra slightly fur- 

 rowed ; furrows minutely punctured ; mottled with pale : tibia? and tarsi, the former obscurely, rufous. 



