1 78 Longicornia Malayana. 



Praonetha iliaca. 

 Lamia crassipes? Wiedemann, Mag. Zool. ii. 111. 

 P. sordide grisea ; prolhorace elytrisque lateribus fusco-gla- 

 bratis, his subelongatis, declivitate apicali albida, apicibus 

 rotiindatis. 

 Hah. — Sarawak, Java. 



Dark brown, with a short compact dull-greyish pile ; head and 

 prothorax sparingly punctured, the latter subquadrate, its disk 

 with three tubercles, the third or posterior, however, nearly obso- 

 lete ; scutellum subtriangular ; elytra subelongate, compressed, 

 their sides (as well as the sides of the prothorax) subglabrous, 

 dark chesnnt-brown, nitid, the declivity of a clear yellowish- 

 white, and strongly defined at the margin ; body beneath with a 

 thin ashy pile, yellowish on the abdomen, and dotted with brown; 

 legs and antennce dark brown, with small greyish spots. 

 Length 5 lines. 



Praonetha pilosella. 



P. dense pubescens, pilis erectis tenuissimis vestita ; prothorace 

 transverso, basi utrinque macula fusca ; elytris brevibus, 

 lateraliter infuscatis, basi piloso-cristatis, declivitate sordide 

 alba, apice oblique subtruncatis. 



Hab. — Flores. 



Closely covered with a brownish-grey pile, intermixed witli 

 numerous slender erect hairs ; head nearly impunctate ; pro- 

 thorax transverse, a large dark brown spot on each side at the 

 base ; scutellum very transverse ; elytra short, compressed, finely 

 pimctured throughout, although a little less so at the base, the 

 crest composed of a small abrupt whitish tuft, the sides dark 

 brown, the declivity dull white ; body beneath and legs with a 

 thin greyish pile, the last abdominal segment dark brown ; an- 

 tennae imperfect, but apparently concolorous with the head and 

 prothorax. 



Length Ig lines. 



Praonetha fractilinea. 

 P. fusca, tenuiter rufo-griseo-pubescens ; prothorace bituber- 

 culato ; elytris postice cinerascentibus, linea irregulari trans- 

 versa albida ante crislam posticam sita, apicibus rotundatis. 

 Ilah. — Sarawak. 



Dark brown, with a thin reddish-grey pile ; head with a few well- 

 marked punctures in front, and a white semilunar |)atch between 



