Longicomia Malayana. 469 



near the apex anothei' spot-formed band ; body beneath 

 glossy reddish, the sides grayish pubescent and spotted ; 

 antennae and legs luteous, the tips of the femora black. 



Length 6-10 lines. 



The following is scarcely more than a subspecies of 

 the present, difl'ering principally in its darker coloration 

 and more pubescent legs. 



Tmesisternus Mortyanus . 



Ichthyosomus Mortyanus, J. Thomson, Syst. Ceramb. 

 p. 545. 



T. fuscescens ; elytris basi fasciisque tribus griseis ; an- 

 tennis pedibusque brunneis, his dense pubescentibus. 



iZa&.— Gilolo (and Morty.) 



Dark brown, the mai'kings grayish-white with a patch 

 at the base of the elytra on each side, the legs closely 

 covered with a grayish and much coarser pubescence, 

 entirely concealing the black apex of the femora, except 

 in the socket of the joint. 



Length 10 lines. 



Tmesisterntis lejndus. 



T. fuscus, subnitidus, pube subtilissima tectus ; elytris 

 maculis distinctis sex et fascia prseapicali flexuosa 

 fiavo-griseis ; antennis, tibiis, tarsisque luteis. 



Hah . — Ceram. 



Dark brown, subnitid, covered with a very delicate 

 pubescence ; head pale yellowish, mesial line and a line 

 on each side glabrous brown, the front and vertex with 

 very few punctures ; prothorax sparingly punctured, a 

 broad grayish-yellow pubescent stripe on each side, and 

 below a very distinct brown subglabrous one ; scutellum 

 delicately pubescent ; elytra with a large round spot on 

 each at the base, another at the side before the middle, 

 and a third at some distance behind it, midway between 

 this and the apex a narrow flexuous band, the apex also 

 dull grayish ; body beneath yellowish-gray, pubescent, 

 spotted with brown, the middle glossy brown ; femora 

 brown, finely pubescent ; antennae, tibite and tarsi red- 

 dish luteous, the latter with a close gray pubescence. 



Lens:th 10 lines. 



