16 PRAONETHA MOENSII. 



teral spot of a similar red pile , the top of which is direct- 

 ed inwards and backwards , but does not reach the suture. 

 The antennae dark coloured, the fourth joint spotted with 

 grey and red pubescence , the following joints ringed with 

 ashy pubescence at the base. The pubescence of the scu- 

 tellum black , with three red dots : two basal lateral ones , 

 the third at the apex. The elytra at the base on each side 

 of the scutellum with a small spot of an ashy pubescence , 

 their basal crest crowned with black hairs. The whole sur- 

 face of the insect is overspread with small black dots and, 

 especially on the antennae and legs , with white stiff hairs , 

 which are longer and erect on the under surface of the body 

 and on the legs. 



Head sparingly, prothorax very densely punctured, the 

 latter subtransverse , the sides straight and parallel , the 

 anterior border not emarginated. The antennae shorter 

 than the body, reaching the base of the apical third of the 

 elytra. The scutellum broadly rounded at the apex. The 

 elytra gradually narrowing on the basal two thirds of their 

 length, more conspicuously on the apical third which is 

 declivous ; the apex rounded ; the basal crest very small. 

 The punctuation of the elytra consists on the basal third 

 of- deep pits , on the apical two-thirds of deep punctures. 

 The costae and sutural margins are distinctly although not 

 strongly raised. The under surface of the body impunc- 

 tate , with the exception of the sides of the metasternum 

 which show some strong punctures ; the apical ventral seg- 

 ment is provided with an impressed longitudinal median 

 line , extending from the basal margin up to the apical one. 



Hab. Bandong (Preanger-Districts , Java) (Bernelot Moens). 

 Leyden Museum, November 1880. 



Notes from the Leyden IMiaseum, Vol. III. 



