MONOLEPTA BASIMARGINATA. 55 



too short. The femora in all the insects before me are 

 obscure fulvous in some specimens not »nigro fuscis". 



Monolepta basalis , n. sp. 



Ovate, convex, fulvous below. Abdomen testaceous. Head 

 and antennae piceous or black, the tvro apical joints of 

 the latter testaceous. Thorax and elytra very finely punct- 

 ured , dark fulvous , the apical two thirds of the latter 

 testaceous. — Length 2^/3 lines. 



Head impunctate , piceous or black as well as the palpi. 

 Antennae two- thirds the length of the body, second and 

 third joints very short, of equal length, the intermediate 

 joints slightly compressed and dilated, pubescent, the two 

 last joints testaceous. Thorax transverse , the anterior angles 

 obtusely rounded , anterior margin straight , posterior one 

 slightly rounded , surface scarcely visibly punctured , dark ful- 

 vous. Scutellum of the same colour, trigonate. Elytra distinctly 

 widened behind, very convex, punctured like the thorax, 

 testaceous , a broad transverse basal band , extending to 

 the first third of their length , fulvous. Elytral epipleurae 

 broad and flat, obliquely shaped before the middle where 

 they gradually disappear. Legs fulvous, posterior tibiae 

 with a long spine , first posterior tarsal joint as long as 

 half the tibia. Claws appendiculate. 



Specimens from Soepajang , Moeara Laboe , and Lebong 

 (Sumatra-Expedition). 



Ochralea marginata , n. sp. 



Oblong-ovate , convex , testaceous. Thorax fulvous , finely 

 punctured. Elytra very finely and closely punctured, tes- 

 taceous, the sutural and lateral margin narrowly black. — 

 Length S^/j — 4 lines. 



Head impunctate , with a deep transverse groove between 

 the eyes. Clypeus triangular, thickened. Antennae as long 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum, "Vol. VI, 



