476 Longicornia Malay ana. 



Tmesisternus transversus. (PI. XIX. fig. 5.) 



T. fuscus, pubescens, fulvo et fusco-varius, pone scutel- 

 lum fascia lata transversa nitida, deinde fascia arcu- 

 ata, postice convexa, ochracea. 



Hah. — Ai^u. 



Dark brown, pubescent, fulvous varied with brown ; 

 mesial line and stripe behind the eye glabrous, bro^vn ; 

 prothorax with two brown stripes on each side, the disk 

 with small distant punctures ; scutellum pubescent ; 

 elytra sparingly punctured, a broad very glossy brown 

 band behind the scutellum, and extending from side to 

 side, behind this an arched ochraceous band with its con- 

 vexity behind, midway between thi^ and the apex an 

 indistinct bro^vn curved line, with small longitudinal 

 markings in the intervals ; body beneath, legs, and 

 antennse grayish, the body glabrous in the middle, and 

 glossy brown. 



Length 5 lines. 



The glossy transverse band at the base of the elytra 

 will at once distinguish this very marked species from 

 T. Thomsoni, which has instead a large round spot ; the 

 arched band, moreover, has the curve in the opposite 

 direction, and is further from the scutellum. 



Tmesisternus dissimiUs. 



T. pube cinerascenti tectus ; elytris paulo angustatis, 

 maculis duabus__albis distiuctissimis singulis ad latera 

 sitis. 



Hab. — Saylee. 



Covered with a grayish ashy pubescettce ; head almost 

 entirely pubescent, the mesial groove obscurely marked ; 

 prothorax rather remotely punctured, no glabrous median 

 stripe, a small black spot at the apex, and another at the 

 base ; scutellum slightly transverse ; elytra rather narrow, 

 two very distinct white spots on the side, the anterior, mid- 

 way between the base and middle, oblong-, directed down- 

 wards and forwards, the posterior, nearer the middle than the 

 apex, ovoid, and nearly transverse, both bordered with dark 

 brown, a smaller and indistinct spot near the suture below 

 the second lateral spot, but at some distance from the apex ; 

 body beneath grayish, pubescent, except the middle line 



