478 Longieornia Malay ana. 



beliind the middle two less distinct lines, the first forming 

 an angle on each side, the other composed of four 

 roundish spots; all the lines bordered anteriorly with 

 dark broAvn ; body beneath black, varied with gray at 

 the sides ; femora and tibiae greenish, the tarsi luteous ; 

 antennae greenish. 

 Length 7 lines. 



Tmesisternus contraversus. 



T. pube grisea vel cervina tectus ; prothorace elytrisque 

 lateribus vitta flexuosa rubro-fusca, his macula post- 

 scutellari aliisque duabus lateralibus omatis. 



Hah. — Dorey, Aru, Amboyna. 



Closely covered with a pubescence varying from gray or 

 yellowish-gray to fawn ; head and prothorax distantly 

 punctured, tha latter without any central stripe, but at 

 the side a dark reddish-brown stripe, continuous with a 

 flexuous one on the elytra ; the latter ^vitll a triangular 

 patch of the same colour behind the scutellum (sometimes 

 much reduced) and two more on each side, one a little 

 behind the middle, the other near the apex ; all these 

 dark patches more or less bordered with paler or clearer 

 lines of gray or yellowish hue ; scutellum transversely 

 subelliptical, brown, the middle grayish ; body beneath, 

 except the middle line, with a gra}ash pubescence, the 

 bases of the abdominal segments glabrous ; legs covered 

 with a fine grayish pile ; antennae darker. 



Length 6-7 lines. 



The fluxuous stripe on the sides of the prothorax and 

 elytra seems to be a good differential character for this 

 very distinct but somewhat variable species. 



Tmesisternus p leuristictii-s. 



T.fuscus, griseo-varius ; prothorace elytrisque lateribus 

 vitta rubro-fusca ornatis, maculis duabus griseis in 

 vitta laterali sitis. 



Hah. — Aru. 



Dark brown, varied with gray or yellowish-gray ; head 

 with the mesial groove and line below each antenna 

 glabrous, brown ; prothorax rather remotely punctured, 

 the central line narrow, a broad stripe on each side dark 



