BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 549 



MONOLEPTA BENALLiE, Sp.nOV. 



Oblonga ; nigra, capite postice prothoraceque testaceis, elytris 



lsete cyaneis ; antennarum 'articulo basali elongato, 3° quam 



2 US vix longiori; elytris capite vix manifeste, prothorace (hoc 



sequali) leviter subcrebre, elytris crebre minus crasse vix 



squamose, punctulatis ; subtus parce pubescens ; epipleuris in 



parte postica obsoletis. [Long. If, lat. I line (vix). 



Very like M. modesta, Blackb., but differing (apart from colour) 



in the tiner and less squamose puncturation of the elytra (which 



are very similar to those of the European Luperus flavipes, Linn.) 



and in the very evidently longer basal joint of the antennae. 



Also very near M. croceicollis, Germ., but differing by the 3rd 



joint of the antennae less than half as long as the 4th. The 



posterior coxal cavities are closed behind, the " subbasal lobe " of 



Dr. Baly (vide Journ. Linn. Soc. xx.) being present, — and in 



non-distorted specimens joining the apices of the epimera. All 



the tibiae are mucronated. This species is extremely like a 



Luperus ; I suspect that if the Galerucidce were re-classified in 



accordance with Dr. Baly's scheme it would scarcely be separated 



from Luperus as the prosternum of that genus certainly seems to 



have a small " subbasal lobe." 



Victoria ; taken by Mr. Helms near Benalla ; also by me 

 near Euroa. 



MONOLEPTA FROGGATTI, Sp.nOV. 



Oblonga ; nigra, capite (vertice excepto) prothorace (disco 

 obscure piceo excepto) pedibus (his, praesertim tarsis, plus 

 minusve infuscatis) et elytrorum vitta lata (hac basin 

 apicemque attingente) brunneo-testaceis, antennis basi obscure 

 dilutioribus ; harum articulo basali minus elongato,. 3° quam 

 2 US manifeste longiori ; elytris sat crebre leviter vix rugulose 

 capite sparsissime subtilissime, prothorace (hoc transversim 

 sulcato) leviter ineequaliter, punctulatis ; corpore subtus parce 

 pubescenti ; epipleuris in parte postica obsoletis. 



[Long, lg, lat. ? line. 



