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closeness ; head covered with coarse hairs ; prothorax subtrans- 

 verse, less suddenly contracted anteriorly than in P. soi-didata, the 

 sides fully rounded, the disc with fewer punctures ; scutellum 

 subtriangular ; elytra but slightly compressed, the disc rather flat 

 at the base with fewer and stronger punctures, the crest more 

 elongate ; body beneath and legs with a very thin pubescence ; 

 antennas as in the former. 

 Length 5| lines. 



Praonelha injima. 

 P. varia, grisescente pubescens ; prothorace angustato, sub- 

 transverso, lateribus subrotundato, basi angustiori ; elytris 

 obscure fusco-variis, apice truncatis ; antennis fuscis. 

 Hub. — Morty, Batchian. 



Resembles P. privata, but the prothorax much narrower, 

 scarcely rounded at the sides, and the basal margin rather nar- 

 rower than the apical ; the pubescence more ashy, and the body 

 beneath of a leaden hue. 

 Length 5 lines. 



Praonetka subsellata. 



P. fusca, nitida, pube griseo-ochracea tecta ; elytris basi ochra- 

 ceis, deinde cinereis, dimidio postico fusco ; antennis valde 



' pubescentibus, fuscis, cinereo-annulatis. 



Hab.—Ke. 



Dark brown, nitid, with a close ochreous-grey pile ; head with 

 a few small black punctures in front ; prothorax subtransverse, 

 with small black scattered punctures ; scutellum rounded ; elytra 

 compressed, the punctures on the anterior portion larger and 

 deeper but not crowded, the base ochreous, followed by a large 

 patch of ashy, the posterior half dark greyish-brown, paler and 

 more pubescent towards the apex ; body beneath and legs red- 

 dish-brown, with a thin ochreous pile ; antennae closely covered 

 with ochreous hairs, the third to the ninth joints, inclusive, spined. 



Length 5 lines. 



Praonetka scopulifera. 

 P. fusca, dense pubescens ; elytris griseis, brunneo-variis, lineis 

 elevatis fasciculatis, apice conjunctim rotundatis ; antennis 

 annulatis. 

 Hah. — Sarawak. 



Dark brown, with a close brownish pubescence varied with grev; 

 head and prothorax greyish-brown, speckled with pale grey hairs, 

 the former nearly impunctate, the latter subtransverse, rounded at 



