Longicornia Malay ana. 131 



scapo subcylindrico; articulo tertlolongiore; sequentibus bre- 

 vioribus et gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax capite non 

 latior, transverse snbcylindricus, linea impressa antica. 

 Elytra oblonga, parallela, regularia. Pedes breves ; protibice 

 rectae ; tarsi omnes trigonati. Proslernum elevatum. Meso- 

 sternum antice dentatum. 

 The only species of this genus has very much the habit of 

 Agelasta basalts {ante, p. 129), but is distinguished by several cha- 

 racters, notably by the form of the mesosternum. 



Sorbia tarsalis. (PI. VI. fig. 5.) 



S. tenuiter pubescens, ochracea, dense fusco-irrorata ; elytris 

 fascia irregulari ochracea post medium ; tarsis albidis. 



Hab. — Sarawak. 



Pubescence very short, ochraceous, closely sprinkled with dark 

 brown ; head rather roughly pubescent, vvitli a few back granules 

 on the vertex, lip hairy, very narrow and elongate ; prothorax 

 nearly parallel at the sides behind the anterior impressed line, the 

 disc with numerous granules ; scutellum subtransverse ; elytra 

 rather distinctly punctured at the base, with a few granules, be- 

 hind the middle a narrow but rather interrupted and zig-zag 

 ochraceous band, in another specimen the band is represented by 

 a few oblong patches placed nearly side by side ; body beneath 

 dark brown, shining, with a thin greyish pile ; legs pale greyish, 

 mottled with brown ; tarsi with the two intermediate joints, and 

 the adjoining portion of the claw-joint, whitish ; apex of the claw- 

 joint, claws, and basal joint, dark brown ; antennae varied, the 

 scape and basal half of the third joint pale greyish, spotted with 

 brown, the rest of the antenna3 dark brown, witb the bases of 

 the fourth and fifth, and the eighth, ninth and tenth joints, pale 

 greyish. 



Length 7 lines. 



Ale. 

 Caput antice subquadratum, tuberibus antenniferis validis, fronte 

 sulcata. Oculi laterales, valde emarginati. Antennce corpore 

 longiores; scapo cylindrico; articulis tertio et quarto longiori- 

 bus et Eequalibus ; sequentibus multo brevioribus. Prothorax 

 suboblongus, capite latior, antice transversim impressus, late- 

 raliter vix rotundatus. Elytra oblonga, basi subcristata. Pedes 

 mediocres ; protibice subcurvatae ; tarsi baud dilatati ; coxce 

 anticae productae. Prosternum demissura. Mesosternum an- 

 tice leviter rotundatum. 



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