80 Longicornia Malayana. 



E. agnata departs slightly from the others in the narrower and 

 more irregular prothorax. The head in all is considerably nar- 

 rower than the prothorax, which, again, is also, notwithstanding 

 its brcadih at the base, much narrower than the elytra. 



Eczemoles conferta. 



Penlhea conferta, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc., ser. 2, v. 40. 

 E. pube fuscescente-grisea et pallide grisea varia ; prothorace 



postice transversim bi-impresso ; elytris apice truncatis. 

 Hab. — Aru. 



Derm pitchy-black, covered with a very short brownish-grey 

 pile varied with pale grey, and having the whole of the upper 

 surface, including the first joint of the antennae and femora, dotted 

 with numerous black shining granules, each having at its base 

 posteriorly a short stiff hair ; head with several granules anteriorly, 

 the median line nearly obsolete ; prothorax with two broad trans- 

 verse impressions posteriorly (exclusive of the ordinary marginal 

 line) ; scutellum transverse, rounded behind ; elytra truncate at 

 the apex, behind the middle an oblique pale cinereous patch, some- 

 times a few patches also anteriorly ; body beneath and legs with 

 an irregular ochraceous pile ; antennae brown, sprinkled with 

 ochraceous. 



Length 10 — 12 lines. 



Eczemotes atomarta. (PI. IV. fig. 4.) 



E. pube pallide cinerea et cinerea varia ; prothorace postice 



transversim impresso ; elytris apice truncatis. 

 Hab. — Kaioa. 



Derm pitchy-black, covered with a very pale ashy pile 

 varied with darker ashy blotches, and furnished, especially on 

 the prothorax and elytra, with still more numerous black glossy 

 granules, with a short stiff hair at the base of each ; head punc- 

 tured in front, with few granules, a double row, however, on the 

 vertex, no median line ; prothorax with only one impression ante- 

 riorly (exclusive of the usual marginal line) ; scutellum trans- 

 verse, rounded behind ; elytra truncate at the apex, patches of 

 a smoky grey, especially at the sides, varying the very pale ashy 

 of the remainder; body beneath dark brown, shining, with an 

 extremely delicate greyish pile ; legs and antennae brown, sprinkled 

 with ashy. 



Length 12 lines. 



