Longicornia Malaynna. 97 



^MOCIA. 



^moc'ta, J. Thomson, Syst. Ceramb. p. 61. 



Caput exsertnm, antice subtransversum, tuberibus antenniferis 

 brevibus, remotis. Oculi fere divisi, lobo iiiferiore obliquo. 

 Anlennce elongatse ; scapo apicem versus latiore ; articulo 

 tertio longiore; cseteris gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax 

 regularis, fere asquatus, lateribiis inermis, antice angustior et 

 parum constrictus. Elytra subdepressa, apicem versus gra- 

 datim angustiora, basi regularia, humeris prominulis. Pedes 

 robusti, antici in maribus longiores; profibiis curvatis ; tarsi 

 antici in maribus dilatati et pilosi. Proslernum elevatum, 

 postice productum. Mesosternum latum, deplanatum, antice 

 productum. 



Three fine and closely allied species at present compose this 

 genus. It is remarkable for its apparently almost glabrous sur- 

 face, except that the posterior portion of the elytra is clothed with 

 a delicate pubescence gradually increasing in density towards the 

 apex. The genus is nearly allied to Agelnsta, but the body is 

 depressed, the antennae are more attenuated, and the prothorax 

 has a different outline. 



u^niocia Ichlhyosomoides. 

 J. Thomson, Syst. Ceramb, p. 61. 



JE. fusca, nitida ; prothorace subtransverso ; elytris dimidio 

 apicali pube grisea variegatis, basin versus maculis griseis 

 dispersis. 



Hab. — Ceram. 



Dark brown, shining, in certain lights viewed through the 

 greyish pile, dark greenish ; head finely punctured in front, a 

 white patch bordering the eye behind ; lip narrow, brownish or 

 ferruginous ; prothorax much broader than the head, with minute 

 scattered punctures, which are nearly absent from the centre ; 

 scutellum small, rounded behind ; elytra remotely punctured, two 

 slightly raised lines posteriorly, a few greyish spots towards the 

 base, the apical half with an interrupted greyish pubescence 

 allowing points of the derm to be seen amongst it ; body beneath 

 and femora glossy black, the abdominal segments bordered with 

 white ; antenna, tibiae and tarsi yellowish-ferruginous. 



Length 9 lines. 



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