PEIONACA. 



20i 



333. Lelia OCtopiinctata, Ball. (Prionocliihis) Trans. Ent. Soc. \, 

 p. 192 (1849). 



Ochraceou.s, thickly and finely brownly punctate; pronotiim 



with the marginal serra- 

 tion luteous, and ^^■ith 

 four transverse black spots 

 on its anterior area ; scu- 

 tellum with four basal 

 black spots arranged in 

 pairs ; body beneath and 

 legs ochraceous ; sternum 

 finely punctate ; abdomen 

 wrinkled and more coarsely 

 punctate ; antennae Avith 

 the first, second, and third 

 joints ochraceous, fourth 

 and fifth joints piceous 

 with their bases ochraceou s. 



Length 18 to 20 ; breadth between pronotal angles 12 millim. 



Hah. Bhwiin {Brit. Mus.). Khasi Hills (CZimHeZZ). 



Fig. 129. — Lelia octopunctata. 



Genus PRION ACA. 



Prionaca, Ball. List LLem. i, p. 291 (1851). 



Type, P. lata, Call. 



Distribution. Assam, Burma, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



Body short and broad ; head nearly as broad as long, rounded 



Fig. 130. — Lrionaea lata. 



in front, lateral lobes just meeting in front of [|the central lobe; 

 antennae with the basal joint robust and not reaching apex of head ; 

 rostrum not quite reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotum with 

 the lateral angles produced into strong acute spines, the lateral 



