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Fiaonetha cost alls. 

 Pascoe, Journ. of Entom. i. 349. 

 P. dense pubescens, nigra, vel fusca, vel rufo-brunnea, griseo- 

 varia ; prothorace subquadrato, griseo, brunneo-inorato ; 

 elytris griseis, medio brunneo-fasciatis, apice truncatis. 

 Hab. — Batchian, Kaioa, Gilolo, Sula, Morty. 

 Closely pubescent, brown or nearly black, or reddish-brown 

 varied with grey; head and prothorax grey or yellowish-grey 

 dotted with brown, the latter nearly quadrate, with the sides 

 slightly rounded; scutellum rounded ; elytra narrowly subtrigonate, 

 the apex truncate, the middle with a rufous-brown band, some- 

 times obsolete, the inner raised line interrupted behind the crest, 

 and then replaced by four or five granules, the second line well 

 marked, but having posteriorly an intermediate line between it 

 and the inner, a short line also at the shoulder, the three lines 

 granidiform at the base; body beneath and legs rufous, pubescent ; 

 antennae rufous, the third to the ninth joints, inclusive, spined. 

 Length 5 lines. 



§ 5. Elytra abruptly declivous posteriorly, the angle gene- 

 rally furnished with a short tuft, the declivous portion 

 often differently coloured from the rest of the elytra, 

 the exterior raised lines nearly obsolete. 



Praonetha joropinqiia. 



P. pube fusco-grisea tecta ; prothorace bituberculato ; elytris 

 breviusculis, basi piloso-cristatis, declivitate apicali sordide 

 grisea, apice truncato. 



Hab. — Sarawak. 



Closely covered with a brownish-grey pubescence ; head and 

 prothorax sparingly punctured, the latter strongly rounded at the 

 sides, the disk with two oblong tubercles ; scutellum nearly semi- 

 circular ; elytra rather short, compressed posteriorly, the apex 

 truncate, the basal crest crowned with a small tuft of erect hairs, 

 the declivity of a dirty grey; the last four abdominal segments 

 with a bright ochreous pubescence, the basal segment and rest of the 

 body beneath brown ; legs and antennae brown, mottled with grey. 



Length 4g — 5 lines. 



This species is allied to Praonetha penicillala from Cambodia, 

 and is possibly P. crass'ipes, Wiedemann, from Java, although the 

 next following species in some respects more nearly accords with 

 his description. 



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