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Praonelha frustrata. 

 P. fusca, pube griseata tecta ; prothorace minus robusto, baud 

 albo-plagiato, basi fusco-bimaculato ; elytris minus cristatis, 

 obscure albo-lineatis, apice majus declivibus. 

 Hab.—h.ru. 



Resembles P. strumosa in many respects, but paler; the prothorax 

 less robust, without the white patch at the side, an indistinct 

 double V-shaped mark (one within the other) on the disc, on each 

 side at the base a dark spot ; elytra with the crests less produced, 

 posteriorly declivous, with a ^e\\ uncertain whitish hairs, but no 

 dark spots or patches. 

 Length 4g lines. 



A second example is somewhat darker and larger (5| lines), 

 with the pale lines on the elytra even less distinct. 



Praonetha variabilis. 



Nololophia variabilis, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, v. 47. 



P. fusca, dense albido- vel griseo-pubescens ; elytris declivibus, 

 apice transversim subtruncatis, pone humeros plaga vel fascia 

 alba, postque banc plaga fusca albo-marginata. 



Hub. — Aru. 



Brown, with a short dense pubescence, varying from whitish to 

 brownish-grey, mixed with dark brown ; head sparingly punc- 

 tured ; prothorax subtransverse, somewhat turgid above, but 

 scarcely depressed in the centre ; scutellum nearly semicircular ; 

 elytra slightly subtrigonate, compressed, abruptly declivous, the 

 apex transversely truncate, behind the shoulders and crossing in 

 a curve between the anterior and intermediate crests is a broad 

 whitish band, which becomes less distinct on the suture, behind 

 this is a dark patch bordered with narrow white lines, and towards 

 the apex a fainter repetition of the same ; body beneath and legs 

 varied with brown and grey ; antennae slightly annulated, the 

 third to the ninth joints spined. 



Length 5 lines. 



Praonetha conformis. 

 P. fusca ; prothorace griseo-irrorato ; elytris declivibus, apice 



transversim truncatis, declivitate sordide grisea. 

 Sab. — Saylee. 



Dark brown, with a short thin pubescence ; head nearly im- 

 punctate ; prothorax somewhat turgid, slightly depressed longi- 



