NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 137 



MONOLEPTA CARDONI n. sp. 



Flavous, the apical joints of the antennae piceous, head and thorax 

 impunctate, elytra very minutely and closely punctured, a spot on 

 the shoulders, a pear-shaped sutural mark at the base, a transverse 

 band below the middle, the apex and the lateral margins anteriorly, 

 piceous, breast black. 



Length 2 1/2-3 mill. 



Head impunctate, the eyes large, frontal elevations trigonate, 

 antennae piceous, the lower four or five joints flavous, third joint 

 twice as long as the second one, the first joint rather long, thorax 

 twice as broad as long, the sides rounded at the middle, the anterior 

 angles slightly thickened, the surface convex, with a few very 

 minute punctures, shining, flavous or fulvous, scutellum piceous, 

 elytra rather paler than the thorax, extremely finely punctured, 

 with a short pear shaped sutural stripe at the base, a spot on the 

 shoulders, a transverse banil below the middle, not extending to 

 either margin, the apex ani the greater portion of the lateral mar- 

 gins, piceous, below and the legs flavous, the breast more or less 

 black. 



Hab. Mandar, Bengal. 



The pattern of the elytra in this species is unhke any other ilfowo- 

 lepta with which I am acquainted, especially on account of the 

 sutural basal stripe which does not extend to the middle. 



CANDEZEA ERRATIGA n. sp. 



Testaceous, the thorax finely and closely punctured, obsoletely 

 sulcate, elytra more strongly and very closely punctured, a narrow 

 transverse band at the base and the apex, obscure piceous. 



Var. Elytra entirely testaceous. 



Length, 4-5 mill. 



Head impunctate, the frontal elevations rather small, clypeua 

 with a central ridge, eyes very large, antennae slender, flavous, the 

 second and third joints small, subequal, the fourth and following 

 joints very elongate, thorax one half broader than long, the sides 

 straight, the posterior margin feebly rounded, the anterior angles 

 very slightly oblique, the disc obsoletely transversely sulcate at the 

 sides, extremely closely punctured, the punctures of unequal size, 

 scutellum pointed, triangular, elytra more strongly punctured than 

 the thorax, somewhat rugose, the base with a transverse obscure 

 fulvous or piceous band which extends slightly down the sutural 

 and lateral margins, the apex of the elytra likewise obscurely stai- 



