MELIXOBIUS. 
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spots and a central line paler than rest of disc. Scutellum small, 
triangular, edged with piceous. Elytra strongly punctate-striate, 
the punctures piceous, interstices closely and very finely punctured. 
Pygidium closely punctured ; legs robust ; prosternum elongate, 
narrowed in front, longitudinally sulcate. In the female the head 
is entirely flavous. 
Length 1| mm. 
Bah. Malabar. 
Probably allied to Or. atricillus, Suffr., but scarcely typical 
Crijptocephalus , and better placed in Meliccanthus. 
Genus MELINOBIUS, nov. 
Type, M. longipes , Jac., from Tenasserim. 
Range. Tenasserim. 
Elongate, parallel-sided and subcylindrical. Antennas very long 
and slender. Thorax subconical, narrowed anteriorly, sides 
straight, surface with oblique depression on each side near base. 
Scutellum narrowly elongate. Elytra elongate, punctate-striate. 
Legs elongate and slender ; first joint of posterior tarsi longer than 
the following joints united, claws simple. Prosternum longer 
than broad, its posterior margin nearly truncate; mesosternum 
concave. 
This genus has an entirely different aspect from the rest of the 
Indian Cryptocejphalince. It is more elongate and slender in shape, 
the legs are also longer than in any other genus, and the claws 
simple; the whole appearance of the insect recalls some Australian 
forms and cannot be mistaken for any other Indian form. The 
length of the metatarsus of the posterior legs is greater than in 
any genera of the present subfamily. 
