362 Longicornia Malay ana. 



There is only one example in the Collection, and this appears to 

 be a female. 



Momisis cegrota. (PI. XVI. fig. 4.) 



M. fulva ; antennis basi excepta, postpectore, abdomineque 

 nigris, nitidis. 



Hab. — Flores. 



Fulvous, slightly shining above ; head and prothorax nearly 

 impunctate, furnished with a few scattered hairs ; scutellum sub- 

 triangular, indistinct ; elytra covered with a tolerably close yel- 

 lowish tomentum, and finely punctured nearly throughout, tlie 

 basal punctures, however, more distinct; propectus and legs 

 fulvous, postpectus and abdomen black, shining ; antennae shorter 

 than the body ( ? ?), entirely black, except the base of the scape; 

 the fourth joint considerably longer than the fifth, the two together 

 shorter than the scape. 



Length 6 lines. 



Phytceciin.e. 



Since the commencement of this work I have examined a long 

 series of specimens of the two great genera Glenea and Oberea, 

 and their cognate forms, but however different the most typical 

 species of the two groups may appear to be, I have come to the 

 conclusion that there is no satisfactory division to be made be- 

 tween them, Scytasis, for example, combining the prominent 

 characters of both ; wliile there are other genera with their cha- 

 racters so mixed that tliere is obviously nothing to be gained by 

 separating them from the true Phi/tceciince. It may be a question 

 even if the ^/H;}/i?o«?/cAiHce are sufficiently differentiated by their 

 double or deeply-cleft claws, in contradistinction to the dentate 

 or simply appendiculate claws of the Phijtceciincp. The abruptly- 

 deflected sides of the elytra, which are supposed to characterize 

 the former, are found in many genera of the latter, so that the 

 structure of the claws appears to afford a safer diagnosis be- 

 tween the two groups. 



Taking then the three genera Phyloecia, Glenea, and Oberea, 

 with their allies, as forming one sub-family, its most salient charac- 

 ters are found in the claws having a flattish tooth or appendage at 

 the base of each, a peculiarity which is structurally scarcely dif- 

 ferent from the bifid claw of the Amphionijch'ince, the inner branch 

 being merely abbreviated, and rounded off or more or less obtu>e 

 .at the edges: in their greatly exserted anterior coxae, which are 

 sometimes perfectly conical, as in Nitocrls : and frequently in 



