i9, 5 Heller: New Philippine Coleoptera 589 
broad (11 : 7), coarsely punctate-striate, second interval more 
convex at base than the others, and all, like the suture, remotely 
seriate-granulate; underside minutely whitish squamose, sides 
of rnetasternum with coarse foveolate punctures, each of which 
bears a small squamula; hind femora strongly compressed and 
bare at base, hind tibiae scythe-shaped; first joint of hind tarsi 
one and one-half times as long as the two following together. 
Mecistocerus albohumeralis sp. nov., 5 . Plate B, fig. 3. 
Niger, ubique nigricanti-tomentosus, antennis tarsisque rufis, 
elytris plaga magna humerali, intus striam tertiam tangente, 
punctis subapicalis atomisque dispersis parce cremeo-squamosis, 
corpore subter minute parceque albido-squamoso ; antennis funi- 
culo robusto, articulo secundo prime vix longiore, rostro in di- 
midia parte apicali vix perspicue remoteque punctato ; prothorace 
transverse, fortiter crebreque punctato, apice utrinque, ut ver- 
tice, ochraceo-squamosis ; scutello punctiforme glabro; elytris 
spatiis striis punctatis latioribus, remote seriato-setosis ; fe- 
moribus posticis elytrorum apicem distincte superantibus. 
Long. 6 mm., lat. 2.7. 
Luzon, Mount Banahao. 
Black, entirely clothed with a black tomentum; antennae and 
tarsi red ; elytra with a creamy humeral patch extending within 
as far as third stria, an apical spot on fourth interval and some 
dispersed specks of the same color; head and a patch on each 
side of front margin of thorax fawn-colored; rostrum at base 
between the three dorsal carime with a series of coarse punc- 
tures ; frons with an oblong impression between eyes ; prothorax 
one-fourth broader than long, coarsely and densely reticulate- 
punctate, the front part nearly impunctate, each puncture with 
a setiform scale ; scutellum shining black, convex ; elytra one and 
two-thirds times as long as broad (5 : 3), punctate-striate, the 
punctures rectangular-oblong, as long as intervening distance; 
hind femora broadly bare on basal half. 
Mecistocerus maculipes sp. nov., $ . 
Niger, antennis tarsisque rufis, supra minute parceque ferru- 
gineo-squamosus, maculis punctiformibus, una utrinque thoracis 
in disco et subter marginem lateralem, altera majore ad spatii 
primi basin, duabus antemedianis lateralibus, in spatio quinto 
et octavo, hac posteriore, atomisque dispersis plagaque dorsali, 
subapicali, in femoribus, albo-squamosis. 
Long. 8 mm., lat. 3.8. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Maquiling. 
