PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM NEW GUINEA 509 



than the preceding ones, thorax but slightly broader than long, 

 constricted to a small degree at the base, the sides rounded 

 l)efore the apex, anterior angles not produced, the surface iin- 

 punctate, rather convex, elytra with a more or less distinct 

 suturai fovea below the base, not perceptibly punctured, testa- 

 ceous, the base with a narrow transverse black stripe, which 

 extends downwards at the shoulders as far as the latter, this 

 stripe is sometimes indicated only by a spot and scarcely visi- 

 ble at the base, metatarsus of the posterior legs elongate, the 

 breast and the elytral epipleunxi at the base black, these latter 

 extend below the middle. 



Paumomu River. A good many specimens ; the species seems 

 allied to Monolepta basimarginata Boisd. , but the elytral band ex- 

 tends to the shoulders and there is a suturai fovea, the breast 

 also is black. 



49. Oandezea sixlcatipennis, sp. n. 



Fulvous, the intermediate joints of the antennae piceous, tiie 

 breast, the intermediate and posterior legs black, thorax bifo- 

 veolate, impunctate, elytra longitudinally sulcate, iiavous or ful- 

 vous, with a transverse band at the base and the apex, black. 



Length 6 millim. 



Head impunctate, frontal tubercles narrowly transverse, boun- 

 ded behind by a rather deep depression, carina linear, antennae 

 extending beyond the middle of the elytra, piceous, the lower 

 three and the apical two joints fulvous, the second, third and 

 fourth joint gradually elongate, thorax about one half broader 

 than long, with feebly rounded sides, the disc rather convex, 

 with a more or less deep fovea at each side, impunctate, fulvous, 

 scutellum black, elytra wider at the base than the thorax, not 

 perceptibly punctured, the interstices longitudinally but not deeply 

 sulcate and alternately convex, fulvous, a transverse, narrow 

 band at the base and the apex in shape of rounded black spots, 

 black; anterior legs and the abdomen fulvous, the other legs 



