234 HOPLASOMA APICALIS. 



(ƒ. Anterior tarsi dilated; first and second abdominal 

 segment with two appendages at the middle ; elytra 

 shining. 



9. Elytra more opaque, abdomen without appendages. 



Vertex of the head rather convex , impunctate , deeply 

 transversely grooved between the eyes; frontal tubercles 

 strongly raised , broad , trigonate ; antennae half the length 

 of the body, closely approached, first joint curved, thick- 

 ened at the apex, third and following joints slender, 

 elongate; thorax very slightly broader than long, the sides 

 straight at the base , very little rounded before the middle , 

 the angles acute but not produced, surface deeply trans- 

 versely depressed at the entire posterior half, entirely im- 

 punctate ; elytra with some extremely fine punctures arranged 

 in indistinct rows here and there, with a distinct longi- 

 tudinal edge or ridge from the shoulder to below the 

 middle, this ridge prevents the lateral margin from being 

 seen when the insect is viewed from above and is accom- 

 pained at its inner side by a longitudinal depression; api- 

 cal portion black , shining. 



First abdominal segment in the male furnished at each 

 side in the middle with a narrow appendage, second seg- 

 ment with a similar appendage but more than double as 

 long; last segment with a deep groove. 



Female larger, punctuation of the elytra more distinct, 

 the latter not so shining; posterior legs shorter; abdomen 

 simple ; tarsi not dilated. 



Hab. Aru Islands and Gorontalo : N. Celebes (C. B. H. 

 von Rosenberg). 



Monolepta javana, n. sp. 



Testaceous; head black; basal joints of the antennae 

 and base of the tibiae piceous; thorax as long as broad; 

 elytra testaceous, a discoidal longitudinal band and the 

 lateral margin anteriorly, piceous or black. — Length 

 l\ line. 



Lower part of the face strongly punctured ; frontal tuber- 

 Notes from the Leyden ]yiu.seu.m, "Vol. VI, 



