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The uniform flavous colour and the strong elytral imnctuation in connection with 

 the sulcate thorax will distinguish this species from any of its allies, of nearly similar 

 coloration. 



Monolepta obscuromaculata sii. nov. 



Testaceous, head inipunetate, thorax with an obsolete depression at the disc, 

 finely punctured, elytra finely and closely jjunctured, with three or four narrow 

 obscure ]>iceous stripes, placed longitudinally, and interrupted before and below the 

 middle. 



Var. (a). The elytral markings very obscui-e or entirely absent. 



Var. (b). Entirely flavous without markings. 



Length 1 to H line. 



Head impunctate, frontal tubercles transverse, strongly raised, clypeus not 

 separated from the face, smooth and shining, eyes large, antennae extending beyond 

 the middle of the elytra, fulvous or testaceous, the terminal joints sometimes stained 

 with fuscous at the apex, basal joint long and slender, the second half the length of the 

 third, the latter joint one half shorter than the fourth ; thorax one half broader than 

 long, broader in the feriinle, the sides and the anterior and posterior margins nearly 

 straight, the surface somewhat unevenly punctured and slightly wrinkled with a more 

 or less distinct transverse depression, the sides and the disc sometimes obscurely 

 marked with piceous ; elytra rather more distinctly punctured than the thorax, also 

 somewhat wrinkled, the base with three short longitudinal stripes, which are continued 

 at and below the middle, forming more or less connected elongate obscure piceous 

 markings; underside and legs entirely testaceous. 



Hah. Andai (New Ouinea). 



It is possible that the elytral markings in this species are .sometimes more 

 intense ; in only two specimens before me are they at all marked, all the rest show no 

 markings but differ in no other way. I cannot separate specimens of entirely flavous 

 colour from the type with which they agree entirely, although the elytra show 

 traces of pubescence; these specimens may or may not belong to a closely allied 

 form. 



Monolepta inornata sp. no\. 



Elongate, convex, uniformly testaceous, thorax obsoletely dejiressed at the sides, 

 minutely punctured, elytra more distinctly and extremely closely punctured. 



Length '2^ lines. 



Head impunctate, the frontal elevations, contiguous, trigonate, carina acute, eyes 

 large, closely a|)i)roache(l, antennae with the basal joint elongate, the second short, 

 the third one half longer, the fourth longer than the [irecediug two together, the 

 terminal joints wanting ; thorax one half liroader than long, the sides rounded, the 

 posterior margin |iroduced at the middle, the disc with an obsolete transverse depression 

 at the middle, not extending to the sides, very finely and closely punctured; elytra 

 convex, very slightly widened posteriorly, the punctuation a little stronger than 

 that of the thorax and extremely closely placed, their epipleurae indistinct below 

 the middle ; the metatarsus of the posterior legs very elongate, anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



Hab. Batchian. 



