Longicornia MaJayana. 217 



Syhra purpurascens. 



S. purpureo-fusca, inaequaliter pubescens ; elytris minus de- 

 pressis, postice maculis albi.s adspersis, praesertira una majore 

 post medium; antennis tarsisque rufo-brunneis. 



Hah. — Batchian. 



Dark brown, with a purplish tinge, and a very unequal pubes- 

 cence ; head principally punctured between the eyes ; prothorax 

 oblong, well rounded at the sides, decidedly narrower anteriorly, 

 somewhat closely punctured, mottled with dark brown and ashy ; 

 scutellum subtransverse ; elytra less depressed posteriorly, the 

 punctures irregular with scarcely any trace of rows, a large pure 

 white rounded spot behind the middle, followed by less decided 

 spots or patches on a darker ground, the anterior portion, 

 like the prothorax, mottled with ashy and brown ; body beneath 

 and femora dark chesnut, with a greyish pile ; tibiae and tarsi paler 

 or reddish-brown, varied with greyish and more or less clothed 

 with longish hairs ; antennae also reddish-brown, but paler, the 

 bases of the terminal joints greyish. 



Length 4 lines. 



Syhra riifula. 



S. rufo-brunnea, tenuiter pubescens ; elytris angustatis, postice 

 brunneis, griseo-marginatis, medio et regione suturali pube 

 griseo-maculatis. 



Hah — Aru. 



Reddish-brown, thinly pubescent ; head mottled with a grey 

 pubescence, aud rather sparsely punctured ; prothorax very 

 nearly quadrate, closely punctured, with a very short reddish 

 pubescence ; scutellum transverse, the sides nearly parallel ; 

 elytra narrow, subseriate-punctate, the punctures, except at the 

 base, very small, the suture and middle with well-defined greyish 

 spots, on the former alternating with dark reddish-brown, but in 

 the middle more or less connected, posteriorly a clear dark red- 

 dish-brown patch, including the apex, and meeting at the suture, 

 bordered at the sides and anteriorly with grey, and expanding at each 

 anterior outer angle into a large well-marked darker spot ; body 

 beneath covered with a dense pale yellowish pile ; legs and an- 

 tennae reddish-brown. 



Length 2\ lines. 



Sybra consputa. 

 S. rufo-infuscata, griseo-pubescens ; prothorace utrinque macula 

 una, elytrisque singulis maculis tribus albescentibus, ornatis. 

 ^a&. — Morty. 



