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cles highly developed; antennae not quite so long as the 

 body, the basal and the 8*^, 9*^1 and lOt'i joints testa- 

 ceous, the rest piceous; thorax as long or slightly longer 

 than broad , the sides a little narrowed at the base , poste- 

 rior angles rather oblique, surface impunctate, flavous; 

 scutellum narrow , broader than long ; elytra convex , scar- 

 cely visibly punctured , testaceous , each elytron with a 

 broad black longitudinal band commencing at the base but 

 not quite extending to the apex, the lateral margin and 

 the epipleurae of the same colour but not continued below 

 the ' middle ; underside and legs testaceous , base of the 

 tibiae and the claws piceous. 



This little species , of which two specimens from Batavia : 

 W. Java (A. L. van Hasselt) and one from Pleyhari: 

 S. E. Borneo (J. Semmelink) are before me, has a most 

 extraordinary resemblance in colour and shape to a pro- 

 bably undescribed Monolepta from Africa (Congo) also 

 contained in the Ley den Museum. 



Monolepta alhofasciata , n. sp. 



Head , breast and antennae black ; thorax , abdomen and 

 femora flavous ; elytra closely punctured , black , a trans- 

 verse narrow band at the middle and another near the 

 apex yellowish white. — Length l^/^ line. 



Head impunctate; antennae as long as the body, second 

 and third joints very short, subequal, the rest slender, 

 pubescent ; thorax nearly twice as broad as long , pale 

 brownish yellowish, the sides nearly straight, slightly 

 widened from base to apex, surface impunctate; elytra 

 finely and closely punctured , their epipleurae obsolete be- 

 low the shoulders; tibiae and tarsi black, the posterior 

 tibiae with a spine, their first tarsal joint much longer 

 than the 3 following joints together; claws appendiculate. 



Hab. Batavia: W. Java (A. L. van Hasselt). — Two 

 specimens. 



London, July 1884. 



Notes from the Xjeyden ]Museum, Vol. "VI. 



