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Show 536 MR. F. P. PASCOE ON THE COLEOPTERA OF PENANG. [Nov. 22, iEGOSOMA. JEgosoma, Serville, Ann. Soc. Ent. de Fr. i. p. 162. iEGOSOMA MARG1NALE. Cerambyx marginatis, Fabricius, Entom. Syst. ii. p. 264. This appears to be a common species in Malacca. It is represented in Europe by AE. scabricorne, and in North China by JE. sinicum, both very nearly allied. Mr. Bowring finds it at Hong Kong, and Mr. Wallace at Macassar, as well as in Bouru and Amboyna. MEGOPIS. Megopis, Serville, Ann. Soc. Ent. de Fr. i. p. 161. MEGOPIS PROCERA. M. elongata, pallide ferruginea; elytris tricostatis, costis liberis; genubus concoloribus. Elongate, pale ferruginous, glabrous, tips of the mandibles black ; head and prothorax opake, covered with numerous small granules; scutellum subscutiform, rounded behind; elytra parallel, closely punctured, each puncture with a small whitish scale at the base, with three costae, exclusive of the raised suture and the submarginal raised line externally, the inner costa shortest, but not connected with the intermediate, nor the latter with the outer costa, apices mucronate at the suture; body beneath with a short greyish pile; legs finely punctured, glabrous ; antennae glabrous, half as long as the body, the third joint three times as long as the scape. Length 13 lines. Longer than M. costipennis, White, with the costae on the elytra free throughout, not connected behind the middle, and the meta-sternum with a short pile like the rest of the under surface. An undescribed species is found at the Cape of Good Hope. The type M. mutica is from the Isle of France. EXPLANATION OF PLATES XLI., XLIL, XLIII. PLATE XLI. Fig. 1. Asilaris zonatus, p. 505. 2. Sigeum humerale, p. 523. 3. Sestyra cephalotes, p. 513. 4. Mydasta discoidea, p. 512. 5. Epianthe viridis, p. 511. 6. Mimistena femorata, p. 514. Fig. 1. Capnolymma capreola, p. 504. 2. Plutonesthes crocata, p. 514. 3. Cyriopalus wallacei, p. 530. 4. Pyrestes virgatus, p. 517. Fig. 1. Ehytidodera cristata, p. 531. 2. Pachyteria virescens, p. 519. 3. sfrumosa, p. 520. Fig. 7. Diosyris miranda, p. 508. 8. Picon sanguineus, p. 522. 9. Ephies cruentus, p. 506. 10. Ciopera decolorata, p. 511. 11. Asmedia mimetes, p. 526. 12. Imbrius lineatus, p. 529. Fig. 5. Pyrestes scapularis, p. 516. 6. politus, p. 516. 7. Euryarthrum nadicolle, p. 524. Fig. 4. Pachyteria spinicollis, p. 519. 5. speciosa, p. 519. 6. lambii, p. 519. PLATE XLIL PLATE XLIII. |