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not find to separate these forms from the typical one; 

 the filiform antennae and less rounded and convex shape 

 of the insect separate it from the allied genus Emathea 

 Baly. 



Neolepta, nov. gen. 



Body ovate-oblong ; head moderately exserted , transver- 

 sely grooved between the antennae ; eyes entire, rather pro- 

 minent; third joint of maxillary palpi incrassate, terminal 

 joint conical , of nearly the same length ; antennae rather 

 robust , pubescent , the intermediate joints flattened and 

 dilated, second and third joints very short, of equal length ; 

 thorax transverse, surface with a transverse depression at 

 each side; anterior angles obtusely rounded and slightly 

 thickened ; posterior margin rounded , somewhat sinuate at 

 each side ; scutellum broadly trigonate ; elytra ovate , con- 

 vex, surface closely punctured and also irregularly punc- 

 tate-striate , their epipleurae continued below the middle ; 

 prosternum not visible; the anterior coxal cavities closed; 

 legs slender, the first posterior tarsal joint longer than 

 the 3 following joints together ; posterior tibiae with a 

 long spine ; claws appendiculate. 



On account of the long first tarsal joint and closed 

 coxal cavities , the genus proposed here is closely allied 

 to the genus Monolepta and still more closely to Candezea 

 Chap. This latter genus was erected on an african insect 

 described by von Harold as a Luperode&\ from either of 

 these genera the present is at once separated by the in- 

 termediate dilated joints of the antennae and the shortness 

 of their second and third joints. 



From Candezea it is further distinguished by the trans- 

 versely impressed thorax. 



Neolepta fulvipennis, n. sp. 



Fulvous; antennae, breast and tibiae black; thorax with 

 a few fine punctures ; elytra more strongly punctured , the 



Notes from the Leydon Museum, Vol. "VI. 



