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The structure of the claws, which can hardly be called genuinely- 

 bifid, appears hardly consistent with a place in Menippus, but 

 I can find no other structural peculiarity, and the divergence is 

 not greater than is found in the claws of various species of 

 Galeruca. This species bears a singular superficial resemblance 

 to the preceding one. 



Australia ; I am doubtful of the exact habitat, but 1 believe 

 it to be in N. S. Wales. 



Menippus quadrinotatus, sp.nov. 

 Elongato-oblongus ; pubescens ; fuscus, antennis (basi 

 exceptis) tibiis tarsisque plus minus obscurioribus, elytris 

 singulis maculis 2 (altera minori humerali altera majori 

 elongata laterali apicem versus posita) cyaneis ; antennis sat 

 robustis, articulis 1° 3° 4° que inter se sat aequalibus, 2° multo 

 breviori ; prothorace quam longiori duplolatiori (basi margini 

 antico latitudine eequali), transversim sulcato (sulco medio 

 subobsoleto), confertim minus fortiter punctulato, lateribus 

 sat asqualiter rotundatis antice vix perspicue marginatis ; 

 elytris confertim aspere subtilius punctulatis ; unguiculis 

 subbifidis. [Long. 3^, lat. If lines. 



A very distinct species, not very like any other known to me, 

 but with generic character normal. 



Australia ; I believe this insect is from the central tropical 



region. 



Candezea sculpta, sp.nov. 

 Ovata, elytrorum partibus duabus anticis antrorsum 

 declivibus ; glabra ; fusca {% exempli recentis colore palli- 

 diori) ; in capite pi-othoraceque maculis nonnullis, in elytro 

 singulo macula magna circulifortni (basin, suturam et mar- 

 ginem lateralem attiugenti), scutello, sternis, maculis trans- 

 versis nonnullis in segmentis ventralibus positis, et femoribus 

 (his apice pallidioribus), nigris vel nigro-piceis ; antennis sat 

 gracilibus sat elongatis, articulo 1° elongato quam 2"^ plus 

 duplo longiori, 3° 4° que inter se sat sequalibus utroque quam 

 2"^ fere duplo longiori ; capite vix punctulato, inter oculos 

 transversim sulcato sulco medio foveiformi antice producto ; 



