Longicornia Malay ana. 495 



Covered with a dull yellowish pubescence ; head and 

 prothorax finely puncturedj the former sparingly rufous- 

 brown, striped or spotted with dull yellowish ; scutellum 

 transversely sub-elliptical ; elytra with numerous small 

 punctures, each with five longitudinal reddish-brown 

 narrow lines, crossed at right angles by other lines, the 

 apices emarginate, each angle produced ; the middle of 

 the pectus and abdomen glabrous, reddish-brown, the 

 sides, legs, and antennae covered with a grayish pile. 



Length 7-9 lines. 



The disposition of the coloration gives this species a 

 remarkably tessellated appearance. 



Elais, 

 Mais, J. Thomson, Syst. Ceramb. p. 32. 



Caput porrectum, depressum, antice transversum, bre- 

 vissimum. Oeidi profunde emarginati. Antennce 

 setaceae, corpore longiores ; scapo apicem versus cras- 

 siore ; articulo tertio scapo aequali ; quarto curvato 

 et tertio longiore, caeteris multo brevioribus. Pro- 

 thorax subplanatus, lateraliter dilatatus, et margina- 

 tus ( c? ) , infra marginem spinosus, apice valde sinu- 

 atus ( c? ) , vel truncatus ( ? ) , basi bisinuatus, lobo 

 mediano emarginato. Elytra convexa, apicem versus 

 gradatim angustata, basi lobata, hum oris dentatis. 

 Pedes elongati, crescentes; femora fusiformia, in 

 foeminis crassiora ; tihice graciles ; tarsi modice 

 dilatati. Sterna ntin Tmesisterno. Abdomen segmento 

 ultimo inermi. 



The male of the only species at present composing this 

 genus has a habit quite distinct from Tmesistermis , and 

 in its longer and slender legs makes an approach to 

 TJrocalymma. * The female has stouter legs (but scarcely 

 shorter than the male f) , much thicker femora, and a 

 prothorax more resembling the ordinary Tmesisterni. 

 From this sex I made my original description, the male 



* I have recently received a specimen of Urocalymma from Labuan, sent 

 by Mr. De Crespigny. Hitherto the genus, which is identical with Homo- 

 ncea, Newman, has been considered to be confined to the Philippine 

 Islands. 



t M. J. ThomBon describes the feet of the female as short. 



