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aequalibus, his singulis 2° 3° que conjunctis eequalibus, hoc 

 quani ille sat longiori ; prothorace subtilissime coriaceo et 

 sparsim obsolete punctulato, quam longiori fere dimidia parte 

 latiori, antice vix angustato, ad angulos obscure anguste 

 deplanato, pone angulos anticos late lobato, lateribus arcuatis, 

 angulis anticis minus distinctis posticis subrectisj scutello 

 triangulari ; elytris sat crebre minus subtiliter punctulatis, 

 tibiis mucronatis, tarsorum posticorum articulo 1° quam ceteri 

 conjuncti sat longiori ; unguiculis appendiculatis ; acetabulis 

 anticis postice clausis, elytrorum epipleuris sat longe ultra 

 medium continuatis. [Long. 2^, lat. I5 lines. 



The rosy colour at the base of the elytra extends to about one- 

 fifth of their entire length and is faintly continued hindward some 

 distance further along the margin. This species must be near the 

 Malayan M. basalts, Jac, and affinis, Jac, but inter alia in neither 

 of those does there appear to be any red spot on the disc of the 

 elytra, and both have a wider prothoi'ax, that of affinis being 

 "twice as broad as long" and that of basalis still wider; while 

 in the present species the width is scarcely more than half again 

 the length. The basal joint of the hind tarsi is more than half 

 as long as the hind tibise. The fourth joint of the antennae is 

 slightly longer than either the 1st or the 5th. 



Australia ; I am not sure of the exact habitat but believe it to 

 be in the central tropical region. 



MONOLEPTA NIGRICORNIS. 



Nigra ; nitida ; prothorace femoribus et tibiarum basi Isete 

 flavis ; capite vix punctulato inter oculos fortiter transversim 

 sulcato; antenuis corporis dimidio paullo longioribus, articulis 

 1° 4° 5° que inter se tequalibus, his singulis quam 2"^ 3"^ que 

 conjuncti vix brevioritjus, 2° sat dilatato (? alterutrius sexus 

 solum) quam 3"* breviori ; prothorace vix manifeste punctu- 

 lato, quam longiori paullo latiori, antice vix angustato (latitu- 

 dine majori ante medium posita), supra irregulariter depresso 

 (? exemplo deformi), pone angulos posticos leviter late lobato, 

 lateribus minus arcuatis, angulis anticis minus distinctis 



