Longicornia Malayana. 79 



Syniphyletes squamosus. 



S. piceiis, griseo-squamosus; prothorace irregulari, dente laterali 

 valido, acuto ; elytris apice truncatis, margine exteriori albo- 

 plagiatis. 



Hab. — Dorey. 



Pitcliy-black, covered with short appressed greyish scales, by 

 which it may be known from all others of the genus ; head broad 

 in front and slightly concave, the mesial line slender; palpi pitchy; 

 prothorax transverse, sparingly punctured, the disc somewhat irre- 

 gular, the lateral tooth well marked and acute ; scutellum slightly 

 pointed ; elytra oblong, coarsely punctured, the interspaces be- 

 tween the punctures at the base being here and there raised into 

 granuliform glabrous eminences, the side anteriorly with a pure 

 white oblique patch composed of very densely-set hairs, the apex 

 truncate or slightly emarginate ; body beneath brown with coarse 

 grey hairs ; legs and antenna covered with a brownish-grey pile 

 interspersed with whitish hairs, the latter a little longer than the 

 body. fc 



Length 5 lines. 



EcZ EMOTES. 



Caput antice subtransversum, tuberibus antenniferis validis. Ociil'i 

 mediocres, profunde cmarginati. Antevnce corpora breviores, 

 setaceae, maculis pubescentibus vestitae, baud ciliatse; scapo 

 subelongato, modice attenuato, articulo tertio scapo multo lon- 

 giore,caeteris gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax transversus, 

 sequatus, postice latior, granulatus, lateribus antice biden- 

 tatus, capite multo latior. Elytra ampla, aequata, granulata, 

 lateribus fere parallela, postice rotundata, apice truncata. 

 Proslernum elevatum, rotundatum, canaliculatum. Mcso- 

 sternum elevato-dentatum, postice truncatum. Pedes validi ; 

 tibi<^ anticae subcurvata, modice elongatae. 

 The type of this genus is Penthea conferta, Pasc, ; but although 

 from the true Penthece it is different in habit and coloration, 

 I can find no primary character by which to separate it tech- 

 nically, except the toothed prosternum as contrasted with the 

 rounded prosternum of Penthea. As secondary characters we 

 have the prothorax broader at the base than at the apex, and 

 the elytra entirely destitute of the elevated lines that distin- 

 guish every species of Penthea, P. granulosa, Guerin, alone ex- 

 cepted, but which is probably not a true Penthea. The three 

 species described below are tolerably homogeneous, except that 



