Longicornia Muhnjana. 53 



narrow behind the antennae ; protliorax pitchy-brown, with faint 

 traces of a transverse pile ; scutellunn broadly triangular ; elytra 

 cinnamon, with a coarse rather close pubescence entirely hiding 

 the derm, a few short black setae interspersed ; body beneath and 

 legs brownish-red ; antennas ten-jointed, reddish-pitchy, the scape 

 slightly curvedi 

 Length If lines. 



Ebmdes palliata. 



E. picea ; elytris seriatim punctatis, basi et medio fusco-griseis, 

 parte postica et latera versus infuscatis, singulis plagisduabus 

 griseis. 



Hab. — Sarawak, Tondano. 



Head with short black set^ in front, pitchy, shining ; mandibles 

 pale reddish; palpi testaceous; eyes rather narrow above; pro- 

 thorax subtransverse, pitchy, the anterior line deeply impressed, 

 the base slightly contracted; scutellum rounded behind; eiylra 

 with lines of rather small punctures, the line next the suture with 

 much larger punctures, from the base to below the middle brownish- 

 grey, but beyond passing gradually into dark brown, a well- 

 marked grey spot posteriorly on the brown, another at the base, 

 between a few very indistinct patches of the same colour just 

 visible under a lens ; body beneath dark brown, legs greyish- 

 pitchy ; antennae eleven-jointed, pitchy, the scape slightly curved. 



Length 2 lines. 



Eb(jeides exigua. 



E. rufo-fusca ; elytris seriatim punctatis, griseo-adspersis ; 

 antennis piceis, scapo rufo-brunneo. 



Hab. — Singapore. 



Reddish-brown, covered with a short coarse pile, and numerous 

 short black setae ; head bright chesnut-red in front, eyes black ; 

 palpi pale tawny ; prothorax subtransverse, transverse lines only 

 slightly impressed, scutellum subtriangular ; elytra with lines of 

 punctures nearly hidden beneath the coarse pubescence, dull 

 reddish-brown with some greyish spots, which take a somewhat 

 bandlike form near the middle of the basal half, and another but 

 less marked band between the middle and apex ; body beneath 

 brownish-testaceous ; legs reddish shining, intermediate and pos- 

 terior tibiae slightly curved outwards ; antennae ten-jointed, pitch}', 

 the scape scarcely curved. 



Lenath 1 A lines. 



