Longicornia Malay ana. 167 



Praonetha sccuta. 

 P. fusca ; prothorace transverso, impunctato, lateribus subpa- 

 rallelo, griseo-fusco-irrorato ; elytris basi striato-punctatis, 

 medio lateribus albescentibus ; antennis obscure annulatis. 

 Hah. — Sarawak. 



Resembles P. reducta, but more robust in proportion and more 

 coarsely punctured, the pubescence of a sordid grey, with the 

 prothoi'ax transverse, parallel at the sides, except just at the apex ; 

 the scutellum broader and more quadrate, and the antennae with 

 the greater parts of their joints dull ashy at their base. 

 Length 4| lines. 



Praonetha concreta. 



P. fusca, nitida, interrupte pubescens ; prothorace subtrans- 

 verso, confertim punctato, antice angustiori ; elytris rugoso- 

 punctatis, basi granuliferis, apice fulvo-brunneis. 



Hab. — Tondano. 



Dark brown, nitid, with a thin unequal or interrupted pu- 

 bescence ; head with coarse fulvous-brown hairs, sparingly 

 punctured ; prothorax subtransverse, closely punctured, narrowed 

 anteriorly, the centre with a broad dark-brown stripe, the sides 

 fulvous -brown ; scutellum transverse, the sides parallel; elytra 

 roughly punctured and granuliferous at the base, with a narrow 

 band of fulvous pile, rest of the elytra to the middle dark brown, 

 subglabrous, gradually becoming of a pale grey, which is abruptly 

 terminated by a brown line, followed by patches of fulvous or 

 pale rusty ; body beneath and legs dark chesnut-brown, with a 

 grey pile ; antennae brown, spotted with grey. 



Length 3J lines. 



Praonetha melanura. 

 Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, iv. 106. 

 P. fusca, sparse grisescente-pubescens ; prothorace fere quad- 

 rato, fortiter punctato ; abdominis segmento ultimo nigro ; 

 antennarum articulo quarto (apice excepto) albo. 

 Hab. — Singapore. 



Dark brown, the pubescence rusty, very thin and short ; head 

 with a few scattered punctures ; prothorax subquadrate, its sides 

 almost straight and parallel, the punctures crowded, impressed, 

 and in parts nearly confluent ; scutellum subtransverse, somewhat 

 truncate behind ; elytra coarsely punctured, the raised lines bend- 

 ing a little outwards just before the middle, the base and apex 



