Longicornia Malay ana. 651 



Helence, but the character is scarcely decisive enough 

 to be included in the generic formula. The approxima- 

 tion of the eyes hardly applies to G. scriptus, although 

 M. Lacordaire includes it in the characters of the group. 



Glaucytes scitulus. 

 Pascoe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, v. 120. 



G. niger, nitidus; elytris chalybeatis, singulis maculia 

 quatuor argenteis. 



Hab. — Batchian . 



Black, shining, covered with a thin silky pubescence ; 

 prothorax impunctate, pubescence denser posteriorly; 

 scutellum transverse, broadly rounded behind; elytra 

 glabrous, irregularly punctured, each with four spots 

 formed of short white hairs, the first before the middle, 

 the second slightly oblique, nearly forming a band, behind 

 it, a small round spot, and lastly, an oblong one nearly 

 covering the apex, the latter with each angle spinous; 

 body beneath glossy black, silvery at the sides; femora 

 pale reddish at the base; antennae reddish-brown. 



Length 5-7 lines. 



Seuthes. 



Caput breviusculum, antice latum. Oculi magni, haud 

 approximati. Antennce corpore multo longiores (c?), 

 setaceae ; scapo modice elongate, obconico ; articulis 

 subquadrangularibus, sulcatis, 4, 5 et 6 nodosis, 

 tertio quarto duplo longiore, reliquis subaequalibus. 

 Prothorax oblongus, capite latior, lateribus modice 

 rotundatus. Elytra prothorace latiora, postice gra- 

 datim angustiora, apicibus vix truncatis. Pedes ut 

 in Glaucyte. Prosternum angustum. Mesosternum 

 latum, antice rotundatum. 



The peculiarities of the head and antennae difieren- 

 tiate this genus from Glaucytes ; the mesosternum also 

 is less elevated and scarcely vertical. The coloration of 

 the only species resembles some of the ifonochami, 

 being patches of silver-gray, varying according to the 

 light. The female is smaller, the antennae only a little 

 longer than the body, the third joint only is quadran- 

 gular, and the nodosity of the joints is less apparent. 

 The male has much broader tarsi. 



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