54 MONOLEPTA BIFASCIATA. 



side and legs testaceous , the breast fulvous or piceous , 

 last abdominal segment black. 



In the collection before me are specimens from Boekit 

 Kandang, Soepajang, Silago, Moeara Laboe, Soeroelan- 

 goen and Koetoer (Sumatra-Expedition), and from Boenga 

 mas and Soekadana (I. C. van Hasselt). 



This species is also found in India and seems to me to 

 be identical with M. latefascia Motsch. (sub Luperodes). 



Monolepta basimarginata{?) Boisd, 



Oblong-ovate , widened behind , testaceous. Breast black. 

 Thorax minutely punctured. Elytra finely punctate, the 

 basal and sometimes the lateral margin anteriorly black. 

 — Length 3 lines. 



Head rather flat , impunctate , finely transversely grooved 

 between the eyes , the latter very large. Antennae two-thirds 

 the length of the body, (cf) testaceous, second and third 

 joints short, of equal length. Thorax scarcely twice as 

 broad as long , posterior margin obliquely cut at each side, 

 straight at the middle, surface slightly convex, scarcely 

 visibly punctured. Scutellum longer than broad , its apex 

 subobtuse. Elytra convex, slightly widened below the 

 middle , surface extremely finely punctured , testaceous , the 

 extreme basal margin , which is raised , black ; this colour 

 extends sometimes to the lateral margin as far as the 

 anterior half , but in all cases it is confined to the extreme 

 edge of the elytra, underside and legs testaceous , pubes- 

 cent. Breast black. Posterior first tarsal joint as long as 

 half the tibiae, the latter with a long spine. Coxal cavi- 

 ties closed. 



Specimens from Rengkiang Loeloes, Alahan pandjang, 

 Moeara Laboe, Doesoen Tengah , the District of Rawas, 

 and Palembang (Sumatra-Expedition). 



I am in doubt whether this is the species described by 

 Boisduval in the » Voyage de 1' Astrolabe", as the description is 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum, Vol. VI. 



