72 Longicornia Malayana. 



Escharodes paganus. 



E. fuscus, vel fusco-ferrugineus ; prothorace medio fortiter 

 carinato, lateribus granulorum lineis tribus elevatis ; elytris 

 basi carinato-granulatis. 



Hab. — Aru. 



Dark brown, or sometimes fulvous brown ; head greyish in 

 front with large black granules, median line extending nearly to 

 the epistome, on the vertex a straight ridge on each side, and a 

 shorter oblique one over each eye ; mandibles black ; palpi 

 reddish-pitchy ; prothorax subtransverse, mesial ridge strongly 

 marked, with three rows of granules on each side ; scutellum 

 rounded behind ; elytra coarsely punctured and covered with 

 scattered granules, which are larger and chiefly set on two short 

 basal ridges and on the shoulders, a few greyish specks posteriorly, 

 sometimes a very distinct greyish patch at the side about the 

 middle ; body beneath with a thin rusty pubescence ; legs rather 

 short, dark brown ; antennae not much longer than the body, 

 slender, dark brown. 



Length 7 lines. 



Escharodes crlminosus. 



E. fuscus; prothorace granulato, medio, fortiter carinato; elytris 

 •vix granulatis. 



Hab. — Saylee. 



Dark brown ; head coarsely punctured in front, a fine median 

 line nearly to the epistome, two interrupted ridges on each side 

 of the vertex ; lip and epistome black with rusty hairs ; palpi 

 ferruginous ; prothorax quite as long as broad, the median ridge 

 strongly marked, disc at the sides somewhat turgid and covered 

 with closely-set coarse granules ; scutellum transverse ; elytra 

 coarsely punctured, a few granules only at the base, where there 

 are also traces of two short ridges, the sides with greyish reticu- 

 lated lines, one series before the middle, another directly behind 

 it ; body beneath with a very sparse ferruginous pile ; legs rather 

 short, dark brown ; antennae half as long again as the body, 

 slender. 



Length 6 lines. 



AxiOTHEA. 



Caput antice transversum, tubei ibus antenniferis validis. Oculi 

 parvi, profunde emarginati. Anlcnnce corpori aequales, 

 attenuatae, pubescentes, vix ciliatae ; scapo brevi subclavato. 



