170 Longicornia Malayana. 



elytra with strongly impressed punctures at the base, a low linear 

 plumose crest less distinct in the female, and the elevated lines 

 tolerably well-marked. 



Length 5| — C^ lines. 



This and the five preceding are very closely allied, and may only 

 be varieties ; but my materials do not justify their being so con- 

 sidered. 



Praonetha suhtincta, 



P. dense fulvo-ferrugineo-lunuginosa ; prothorace valde trans- 

 verso, margine antico late emarginato ; elytris basi sub- 

 cristatis, medio griseo-nebulosis. 



JSah. — Java. 



Derm apparently testaceous, but closely covered with a fulvous 

 or reddish-rusty pile ; head rather sparsely punctured ; prothorax 

 very transverse, and remarkable for the angular emargination of 

 the anterior border, its punctuation obscure, but marked by 

 numerous small black spots ; scutellum subscutiform ; elytra 

 finely punctured, the base and apex reddish-fulvous, the central 

 portion clouded with pale grey, more or less tinged with reddish, 

 crest very small, crowned with black hairs, the raised lines 

 narrow but very distinct ; body beneath and femora reddish, 

 spotted with brown ; fore tibiae and tarsi brown, the middle and 

 posterior greyish ; antennae brown, obscurely annulated with 

 reddish. 



Length 5 lines.* 



* An undescribed species from Hong Kong, also with a very slight basal 

 crest, may be noticed here. I have named it after Mr. Bowring, to whom the 

 nation (which I am afraid very inadequately appreciates the gift) is indebted 

 for the magnificent collection which has added so largely to the value of the 

 Insect Department of the British Museum. 



Praoiietha Bowringii. 



P. dense brunneo-pubescens ; prothorace subquadrato, disco medio gnseo- 

 plagiato; elytris subcompressis, griseis, basi apiccque brunneis. 



Ilab. — Hong Kong. 



Covered above with a close reddish-brown pile, varied with a large grey 

 patch on the middle of the prothorax and extending to its base, and a very 

 broad band of the same colour occupying two-thirds of the elytra, beginning 

 at a short distance from the base ; the raised lines on the latter are prominent 

 and dotted with small black tufts ; body beneath and legs reddish-grey, the 

 last abdominal segment dark brown; anteimiE reddish-brown, darker towards 

 the tip, and ringed with pale ashy. 



Length 6 lines. 



