314 Longicoi'vla Maluyana. 



taceous, the apex of the elytra blackish ; head sparingly punc- 

 tured, clouded Vvith blackish in front, the cheeks with a silvery 

 pubescence; prothorax black at the sides; scutellum rounded 

 posteriorly, brown ; elytra black at the external margins ; body 

 beneath and legs nearly entirely blackish, the coxas and anterior 

 femora pnler, the abdomen with a slightly silvery pubescence ; 

 antennae blackish, the apical half of the fourth joint and the base 

 of the eighth testaceous, the fifth and sixth joints dull testaceous. 

 Length 2| lines. 



Xyasle torrida. 



X. brunneo-testacea ; fronte maculis duabus nigris ; elytris 

 postice subsericeo-ochraceis ; antennarura articulo octavo 

 basi testaceo. 



Hab. — Sarawak. 



Brownish-testaceous; the prothorax with a reddish tinge; head 

 with two blackish spots in front ; scutellum scutiform ; elytra 

 rather finely seriate-punctate, the pubescence towards the apex 

 becoming somewhat silky and ochraceous in certain lights ; body 

 beneath and legs brownish, shining, the anterior femora beneath 

 dull testaceous, abdomen sparingly pubescent; antennae with the 

 first three joints and the base of the fourth black, the remainder 

 pale fulvous, gradually becoming darker towards the tip, but with 

 the base of the eighth clear testaceous. 



Length .3 lines. 



Xyasle subminiacea. 



X. latior, opaca, rufa ; fronte nigricante; elytris rufis, opacis, 



margine exteriore pone humeros fusco. 

 Hab. — Singapore. 



Broader than the last, pale reddish or orange, opake ; head 

 dark brown on the vertex and between the eyes ; prothorax vvith 

 a whitish pubescence on each side, succeeded by a dark brown 

 stripe ; scutellum triangular ; elytra covered with a thick dull 

 orange tomentum, the sides behind the shoulders bordered with 

 dark brown ; body beneath blackish, the coxae and bases of the 

 femora testaceous, the abdomen with a varying silvery pubes- 

 cence ; antennae with the first three joints and base of the fourth 

 black, the remainder obscurely varied vvith testaceous and brown. 



Length 4 lines. 



