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the eyes ; piothorax subtransverse, bituberculate on the disc, with 

 numerous scattered punctures ; scutellum semicircular ; elytra 

 sliglitly subtrigonate, compressed, the apex of each rounded, the 

 crests small, the posterior only tufted, the sides and posterior 

 portion ashy, crossed just before the hinder crest by a narrow, 

 white, bent or interrupted line; body beneath and legs reddish- 

 chesnut, with a sparse grey pile, forming little spots or patches on 

 the latter ; antennae brown, the pubescence greyish. 

 Length 4 lines. 



Praonetha dupUcnta. 



P. fusca, grisescente pubescens ; prothorace subtransverso ; 

 elytris basi anguste et triangulariter cristatis, post medium 

 linea angulata alba, apice subtruncatis. 



Hub. — Dorey. 



Brown, with a moderately-close greyish pubescence ; head 

 and prothorax sparingly punctured, the latter subtransverse and 

 rounded at the sides; scutellum nearly semicircular; elytra 

 scarcely compressed, the apex subtruncate, the inner raised lines 

 well marked posteriorly and terminating in a short whitish tuft, 

 the basal portion compressed into a short triangular crest, the 

 second line also well marked, behind the middle a narrow zig-zag 

 white band, the tuft above mentioned having the appearance, 

 viewed from above, of a second band ; body beneath and legs with 

 a greyish pubescence ; antennae subannulated, the third to the 

 ninth joints spined. 



Length 5 lines. 



Praonetha ferrugata. 

 P. fusca, pube fulvo-ferruginea tecta ; prothorace medio exca- 

 vato ; elytris subtrigonatis, apice truncatis ; antennis pedi- 

 busque annulatis. 

 Hah. — Sarawak. 



Dark brown, covered with a thin fulvous-brown pile; head nearly 

 impunctate ; prothorax nearly equal in length and breadth, rounded 

 at the sides, longitudinally excavated in the middle, and apparently 

 impunctate ; scutellum somewhat semicircular ; elytra subtrigo- 

 nate, dark fulvous-brown, the declivous portion paler, basal crest 

 small, scarcely tufted, the inner raised line strongly produced pos- 

 teriorly but not rising into a crest, the apex transversely truncate ; 

 body beneath pale rusty, spotted or varied with brown ; legs 

 reddish-grey, with darker or dark-brown rings, principally on the 



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