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punctuation partly arranged iu longitudinal rows. — Length 

 3 lines. 



var. Underside entirely fulvous. 



Head impunctate, deeply transversely grooved between 

 the eyes; frontal tubercles transverse, nearly contiguous; 

 labrum and palpi black; antennae half the length of the 

 body, the first 3 joints shining, the rest pubescent , black , 

 underside of the basal joint stained with fulvous ; thorax 

 finely punctured near the anterior margin and the sides, 

 surface impressed at each side by a sinuate groove, inter- 

 rupted at the middle; elytra more or less distinctly punc- 

 tate-striate , the interstices irregularly punctured and slightly 

 rugose; tibiae and breast black; femora more or less pi- 

 ceous or fulvous. 



A specimen from the Rawas District (Sum. Exp.) has the 

 entire underside fulvous but differs in no other way. 



Neolepta hiplagiata , n. sp. 



Below obscure fulvous ; head , thorax and first 2 joints 

 of the antennae reddish fulvous ; elytra finely and closely 

 punctured, black, the extreme base obscure fulvous, a 

 transverse spot at the middle flavous. — Length 2^/^ lines. 



Head impunctate , transversely grooved between the eyes ; 

 frontal tubercles distinct , transverse ; antennae nearly as 

 long as the body, the second and third joints very short, 

 the latter and the following joints closely covered with 

 long hairs, intermediate ones slightly dilated; thorax more 

 transverse than in the preceediug species, extremely finely 

 punctured when seen under a strong lens, disk impressed 

 on either side with a distinct transverse fovea; scutellum 

 fulvous; elytra black, closely and slightly rugosely punc- 

 tured , each elytron with a yellowish white transverse spot , 

 not quite extending to either margin and placed imme- 

 diately below the middle ; tibiae and tarsi piceous , rest of 

 the underside testaceous. 



Notes from the Leyden Bluseum , Vol. VI. 



