166 Lovgicornia Malayana. 



Praonetha detersa. 

 P. fusca ; prothorace transverse, tenuiter punctato ; elytris basi 

 obsolete cristatis, obscure griseo-variis, extus fortiter striato- 

 punciatis ; antennarum articulo quarto medio albo ; abilo- 

 mine riifo-ferrugineo, segmento ultimo fusco. 

 Hab. — Sarawak. 



Brown, with a mixed pubescence of short rusty and pale grey 

 hairs, which on the elytra are here and there drawn out into 

 short tufts ; head entirely impunctate ; prothorax subtransverse, 

 a little constricted '^anteriorly, the sides nearly straight pos- 

 teriorly, finely punctured ; scutellum transverse ; elytra slightly 

 crested at the base, rather strongly punctured, with raised lines 

 externally, almost obsoletely varied with greyish, principally a 

 patch at the side anteriorly, and behind two irregular transverse 

 lines ; body beneath with a reddish pile, the last segment dark 

 brown ; legs brown, the tarsi with the two basal joints paler ; 

 antennae brown, the fourth joint whitish in the middle. 

 Length 5 lines. 



Praonetha similata. 

 P. fusca ; prothorace transverso, punctis valde dispersis, vix 

 observandis ; elytris basi baud cristatis ; abdomine griseato, 

 articulo ultimo fusco; antennis subannulatis. 

 Hah. — Flores. 



Closely allied to P. detersa, but the prothorax is scarcely punc- 

 tured ; the elytra are not crested, and the pubescence is more 

 regular and nowhere tufted. 

 Length 5 lines. 



Praonetha reducta. 

 P. fusca, tenuiter fuscescente-pubescens ; prothorace subtrans- 

 verso, impunctato, lateribus rotundato ; elytris basi fortiter 

 punctatis, medio albescente-subfasciatis ; antennis fuscis. 

 Hab. — Tondano. 



Dark brown, with a short thin pubescence ; head and prothorax 

 impunctate, the latter subtransverse, rounded at the sides and 

 covered with a pale rusty-brown pile; scutellum subtriangular 

 but rounded behind ; elytra coarsely punctured at the base, rusty 

 brown, the middle, particularly at the sides, with a large whitish 

 patch, narrowing towards imd nearly disappearing at the suture ; 

 body beneath reddish-brown, with a grey pile ; Itgs and antennae 

 covered with a rusty-brown pubescence. 

 Length 4 lines. 



