i9. 6 Heller: New Philippine Coleoptera 621 
scutellaris is similar to that of M. kuhni from Key Island, 81 in 
which the hind femora extend beyond the singly spined apex of 
elytra. Apical part of rostrum and antennse dark red, the 
remainder of body densely white scaled except the following 
parts : A distinct, posteriorly dilated, gradually obsolescent stripe 
on each side of thorax; a small spot on shoulders and two fine 
stripes on second and fourth intervals, extending from base be- 
yond middle and there joined by a transverse streak, dark brown. 
Rostrum one-fifth longer than thorax, rather coarsely and very 
densely punctate, the sides in basal half as also apex of scape 
sparsely white scaled; first joint of funicle a little longer than 
second, this as long as the two following together. Prothorax 
broader than median length (3.2 : 2), greatest breadth of the 
rounded sides in the middle; elytra not quite one and one-half 
times as long as broad (11 : 7.1), second, fourth, and sixth in- 
tervals with remote, rough, seriate granules; scutellum oblong, 
parallel-sided, snow-white, bilobed on apex; hind femora with 
a fifth of their length extending beyond apex of elytra and like 
the others with a spinelike tooth; anterior tibiae linear. 
Mecopus nigroplagiatus sp. nov., $ . 
Niger, femoribus subrufescentibus, cinereo-squamosus, elytris 
singulis plagis tribus, una subbasali, altera postmediana suturali, 
transversa, tertia anteapicali minore, nigro-tomentosis ; rostro 
apice sanguineo, sat crebre subtiliterque, in parte basali cre- 
berrime ac fortius punctato, carinulis dorsalibus quinque ; 
antennis sanguineis ; prothorace crebre reticulato-punctato, parce 
albido-squamoso, squamulis in linea mediana basique condensis; 
elytris punctato-striatis, punctis sat remotis, oblongis, striis 
duabus extremis in dimidia parte basali profunde insculptis, 
punctis connectantibus, sutura in dimidia parte apicali seriato- 
spinulosa ; femoribus posticis, dente triangulari, prosterno maris 
spinis duabus armatis. 
Long. 5.5 mm., lat. 2.2. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Los Banos. 
Allied to M. ceylanensis Heller 82 but only the apical half 
of suture with a row of granules, scaling white instead of yellow- 
ish ; rostrum proportionately short, a third longer than thorax in 
the male; apex dark red, moderately densely and finely punc- 
tate, in the basal half more coarsely punctate and with five fine 
81 Abh. Ber. Mus. Dresden 12 (1908) 22. 
82 Abh. Ber. Mus. Dresden (1892, 1893) 16, 26. 
