174 Longicornia Malay ana. 



Praonetha villaris. 



P. fusca, griseo-pubescens ; prothorace subangustato, lateribus 

 rotiindato, tenuiter punctato ; elytris basi foititer punctatis ; 

 antennis fuscis. 



Ilab. — Dorey. 



Brown, with a short rough greyish pile ; head with a few 

 scattered punctures in front ; prothorax rather narrow, about 

 equal in length and breadth, the sides rounded, the punctures 

 small, the intervals of the derm smooth ; scutellum triangular ; 

 elytra more coarsely punctured at the base, the outer punctures 

 in rows, and each crossed longitudinally by a stout pale greyish 

 hair, posteriorly the same kind of hairs are dispersed among the 

 pubescence ; body beneath, legs and antennrae sparsely pubescent, 

 the latter with the third to the seventh joints, inclusive, more or 

 less spined. 



Length 4 lines. 



§ 4. Elytra more or less crested at the base (the crest 

 forming part of a raised line generally interrupted, or 

 the elytron depressed directly behind it), posteriorly 

 gradually declivous. , 



Praonetha sordklata. 



P. varia, grisescente pubescens; prothorace transverso, lateribus 

 recto, postice paulo angustato ; elytris basi fere obsolete 

 cristatis, apice late truncatis. 



Hah. — Batchian. 



Testaceous-brown, with a greyish pile varying in closeness; 

 head covered with coarse yellowish-grey hairs and dotted with 

 black ; prothorax subtransverse, suddenly constricted anteriorly, 

 the sides nearly straight, the disc finely punctured ; scutellum 

 subtriangular ; elytra but slightly compressed, irregularly punc- 

 tured at the Imse, the crest very short, the pubescence thinner in 

 the middle ; body beneath and legs with a delicate greyish pile ; 

 antennae reddish-brown, thinly pubescent, the third to the ninth 

 joints, inclusive, spined. 



Length 6| lines. 



Praonetha privata. 

 P. varia, grisescente pubescens ; prothorace sequali, lateribus 



rotundato ; elytris basi leviter cristatis, lineis elevatis validis, 



apice truncatis. 

 JIab. — Amboyna. 

 Dark testaceous-brown, with a short greyish pile varying in 



