438 Longicornia Malayana. 



punctured, the latter about equal in length and breadth ; scu- 

 tellum subscutiform ; elytra broader than tlie prothorax, of nearly 

 equal breadth throughout, or only very slightly incurved at the 

 sides, two of the interstices between the rows of punctures on 

 each side somewhat elevated at the base, the pubescence short 

 and loosely set, but, viewed in certain lights, giving the disk a 

 greyish-silvery tinge ; body beneath and legs a pure pale fulvous ; 

 antennae black, not quite so long as the body. 

 Length 8 lines. 



§§§§ Apices of the elytra obliquely truncate, the siitural angle 

 mucronate. 

 Oberea strigosa. 

 O. angnstissima, sublinearis, nigra ; capite, prothorace, hume- 

 ris, et femoribus anticis brunneo-rubris; abdomine nigro, 

 basi argentea ; pedibus posticis elongatis. 

 S.ab. — Sumatra, Singapore. 



Very narrow, broader at the shoulders, otherwise nearly linear, 

 black ; head, prothorax, shoulders and anterior femora brownish- 

 red ; abdomen and legs black, the two basal segments, except the 

 hind part of the sides of the second, covered with a pure silvery- 

 white pubescence ; prothorax slightly gibbous in the middle, and 

 somewhat glossy ; elytra contracted in the middle, the space near 

 the scutellum smooth and impunctate ; postpectus dark brownish- 

 red ; posterior legs twice as long as the intermediate ; antennae 

 black, about as long as the body, the third joint shorter than the 

 scape. 



Length 7 — 8 lines. 



This species differs from the normal Oberece in the shortness 

 of the third antennal joint, and in the extreme narrowness of the 

 middle of the elytra.* 



• A genus from India, belonging to this sub-family, may be characterized 

 here : — 



Thermistis. 

 Caput subrotundatum ; tuberibus antenniferis validis, distantibus. Oculi 

 sat magni. /intenna corpore longiores, setaceae, articulis distinctis, ter- 

 tio longiore, sequentibus sen.sini decrescentibus. Prothorax subtrans- 

 versus, lateribus in medio angulato-spinosis, disco convexo. Elytra 

 lata, postice gradatim angustiora ; lateribus subito deflexis, baud 

 carinatis ; apicibus Iruncatis, Pio- et mesosterna siniplicia, approxi- 



