3-i Mr. M. Jacoby on 



Length 3 iiiilliui. 



Head obscure fulvous, distinctly but not closely puTictured, 

 miniitely granulose, frontal elevations broad and flattened, carina not 

 very acute, labrum flavous, palpi piceous, antenuEO long and slender, 

 extending to tlie middle of the elytra, black, the lower four joints 

 flavous, basal joint long and slender, the second, third and fourth, 

 gradually lengthened ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides 

 straight, narrowed anteriorly, anterior angles slightly oblique, the 

 surface very closely and comparatively strongly punctured, scutellnm 

 small, black ; elytra not wider at the base than the thorax, much 

 more strongly punctured than the latter, the punctures arranged in 

 very close irregular rows, epipleura3 indistinct below the middle, 

 breast and abdomen black, legs flavous, the metatarsus very 

 elongate. 



Hah. Malvern, Natal (6'. Barker). 



This Monolc'jyta ma.y be known by the strong and close 

 punctuation of the elytra, which differs in that respect 

 from any other species of the genus or those placed in 

 Candczea which I am acquainted with. I received two 

 blue and two flavous specimens in regard to the elytra, 

 but these agree in all other respects except colour. 



Monolcpta cxridea, sp. n. 



Under-side black, upper-side metallic dark blue, the Ijasal joints of 

 the .antennte and the legs fulvous ; thorax suljquadrate, impunctate, 

 elytra very closely punctured, the interstices likewise very finely 

 punctate and wrinkled. 



Length 4 millim. 



Oblong-ovate, the head impunctate, frontal tubercles transverse, 

 narrow, clypeus broad and thickened, blackish, the space below the 

 eyes at the sides fulvous, autenn;e extending to about the middle of 

 the elytra, the lower three or four joints fulvous, the rest black, 

 third joint one-half longer than the second but shorter than the 

 fourth joint ; thorax about one-half broader than long, the sides 

 feebly rounded, posterior margin nearly straight, the anterior angles 

 thickened, the disc convex, impunctate, metallic dark blue, sciitellum 

 black ; elytra strongly convex, their epiplei;ra3 absent below the 

 middle, the punctuation very fine and close, slightly arranged in 

 rows, the interstices everywhere very minutely punctured and 

 wrinkled ; below black, legs fulvous, the first joint of the posterior 

 tarsi as long as the following joints together. 



Hah. Dunbrody, Cape Colony {Rev. O'Neil). 



The metatarsus of the posterior legs in this species is 



