406 Longicornia 3Ialayana, 



A dull indistinctly-coloured insect, unlike any other in the 

 collection, although in the disposition of the spots approaching 

 G. Elate. 



Glenea Iresine. 



G. supra metallica, antice cyanea, postice cuprea ; antennis arti- 

 culo tertio niveo ; tarsis posticis albis ( $ ). 



Sab. — Sarawak. 



Head and prothorax deep chalybeate-blue, passing from the 

 base of the elytra into rich copper-brown ; front of the head 

 above the epistome with a varying whitish pubescence; pro- 

 thorax with a few white hairs near the base; scutellum semicir- 

 cular, opake black, elytra with an indefinite whitish spot on the 

 middle of each, the apices with a thin whitish pubescence; body 

 beneath rich blue or purple, borders of the metasternum and 

 sides of the first two and the last abdominal segments white ; 

 femora luteous at the base, rest of the legs purple, the tarsi, 

 especially the posterior, whitish ; antennae black, the third joint 

 white. 



Length 5 lines. 



This is certainly one of the best marked species as regards 

 colour; in outline it is narrower and more parallel than usual, 

 in this rtspect approaching O. Sospita. 



Glenea lachrymosa. (PI. XVII. fig. 9.) 



G. supra nigro-chalybeata, maculis albis numerosis disper- 

 sis {i). 



Hah. — Menado, Macassar. 



Dark chalybeate above, with numerous round white spots ; 

 cheeks, front and two stripes on the vertex white; prothorax with 

 a white stripe on each side, its disk with six spots, three basal, 

 each of which is connected posteriorly with a narrow white border 

 along the base, and three apical; scutellum black, its apex bor- 

 dered with white; elytra with about eighteen white spots, irregu- 

 larly arranged, the suture with a whitish indistinct stripe, connected 

 posteriorly with an apical spot on each side ; body beneath white, 

 the sides and middle of the abdominal segments blackish ; femora 

 pale ferruginous, tibiae and tarsi dusky, with a thin whitish 

 pubescence; antennae black. 



Length () lines. 



