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as to throw the intervening pubescence into flexuous lines ; in 

 some specimens the colour bordering the brown forms a very de- 

 cided white margin, or, on the contrary, the paler colours through- 

 out become nearly obsolete ; body beneath, femora, and tibiae 

 pubescent, grey, spotted with brown, a large brown spot gene- 

 rally occupying the greater part of the last abdominal segment ; 

 tarsi dark brown, the basal joints paler ; antennae dark brown, 

 the bases of all the joints, except the first two, paler. 

 Length 4 — 8 lines. 



Praonetha obducia. 

 P. fusco-murina ; prothorace asquato, lateribus rotundato, te- 

 nuiter punctato ; elytris cinereo-subfasciatis ; antennarum 

 articulo quarto medio albo. 

 Hah, — Ceram, Bouru. 



Pubescence greyish-brown ; head with a delicate thin greyish 

 pile, finely punctured ; prothorax equal in length and breadth, 

 rounded at the sides, minutely punctured ; scutellum semicir- 

 cular ; elytra closely covered with a short greyish-brown pu- 

 bescence, partly concealing the punctures, with three pale ashy 

 curved bands, the middle one joining the basal at the sides ; body 

 beneath and legs yellowish-grey, slightly spotted ; antennae grey- 

 ish-brown, the fourth joint white, except at the base and apex. 

 Length 5 — 6 lines. 



Praonetha montana. 

 P. fusca, impresso-punctata ; prothorace aequato, sat confertim 

 punctato ; elytris rufo-griseis, cinereo-subfasciatis ; anten- 

 narum articulo quarto medio albo; abdomine rufo-ferrugineo, 

 segmento ultimo nigro. 

 Hab. — Mount Ophir. 



Brown ; head with short ferruginous hairs, the punctures scat- 

 tered ; prothorax equal in length and breadth, nearly black, the 

 punctures rather crowded, the intervals rugose and partially 

 covered with rusty grey hairs ; scutellum transversely subtrian- 

 gular; elytra very slightly crested at the base, rusty grey, with 

 scattered small brown spots, and three indefinite transverse ashy 

 patches scarcely amounting to bands, the punctures coarsely im- 

 pressed, forming at the sides raised lines between them ; abdo- 

 men, sides of the breast, and legs rusty grey, the last segment 

 black ; antennae brown, the middle of the fourth joint whitish. 

 Length 6 lines. 



