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Praonetha ignara. 

 P. dense pubescens, soi'dide grisea ; prothorace lateribus infiis- 

 cato, basi utrinque macula fusca ; elytris lateraliter obsolete 

 pallide variegatis ; antennis pedibusque griseo-annulatis. 

 HaO. — Myso]. 



Perhaps a variety of P. disjuncta, but without the dark patch 

 on the elytra, the sides with only very slight traces of the pale 

 lateral lines, the antennae and legs more decidedly ringed, the two 

 dark spots at the base of the prothorax larger, and its sides 

 darker ; all characters of very little importance in this genus. 

 Length 4 lines. 



Praonetha palliata. 



P. fusca, griseo-pubescens ; prothorace lineis duplicatis griseis 

 V-formibus instructo ; elytris dimidio basali plaga magna 

 laete cinerea ornatis. 



Nab. — Dorey, Aru. 



Closely covered with a greyish pubescence, sometimes slightly 

 varied with brown ; head nearly impunctate ; prothorax sub- 

 quadrate, rather more turgid anteriorly, sparingly punctured, two 

 V-shaped pale greyish marks (one within the other) on the disc, 

 the outer nearly touching the base ; scutellum transverse; elytra 

 slightly subtrigonate, thinly punctured, the crests well marked, a 

 large clear ashy patch covering the whole of the upper part of the 

 basal half, the elevated lines spotted with brown ; body beneath 

 blackish-brown, the pubescence on the breast somewhat ashy, on 

 tiie abdomen yellowish j legs and antennae with a loose greyish 

 pubescence, varied with darker. • 



Length 4^ lines. 



Praonetha vichialis. 

 P. fusca, griseo-pubescens; prothorace basi macula magna 

 pallida instructo ; elytris ante medium cinereo-nebulosis, 

 postice lateribus linea transversa pallida angulata. 

 Hub. — Batchian, Ternate. 



Allied to P. palliata, but the V-shaped mark on the prothorax is 

 replaced by a large pale-greyish basal spot ; the clear ashy on the 

 elytra is nearly obliterated, and posteriorly there is a tolerably 

 well marked dull-whitish irregular line ; there is also a pale curved 

 line connecting the posterior crest with its fellow. 

 Length 4— 4i lines. 



