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equal; thorax scarcely one half broader than long, the latéral mar- 

 gins very feebly roiindeii, the posterlor margin more strongly so, 

 the anterior angles slightly thickened, the surface with a very obso- 

 lète dépression, microscopically punctured and slightly wrinkled, 

 scutellum small; elytra convex, very finely, closely, but more dis- 

 tinctly punctured than the thorax, their epipleurœ narrow, but 

 continued below the middle, legs slender, ail the tibiœ mucronate, 

 black as well as the tarsi, the metatarsus of the posterior legs very 

 long, anterior cavities closed. 



Nilgiri Hills. 



Resembles in coloration several African species, but may be 

 dislinguished by the black labrum, the short and obsoletely 

 lmpre=sed thorax and the black tibise and tarsi. 



MOiNOLEPTA FLAVIVENTRIS sp. n. 



Head and thorax rafous, the antenna^, legs and breast black, tho- 

 rax minutely punctured, obsoletely sulcate, elytra finely rugose- 

 punctate, greenish-œneous, abdomen flavous. 



Length 4 mill. 



Head impunctate, deeply transversely grooved between the eyes, 

 frontal élévations transverse, carina acute, antennae long and slen- 

 der, black, the second and third joint short, subequal, the fol- 

 lowing joints elongate; thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, the 

 sides straight, the surface finely semirugose-punctate, rufous, the 

 dise with an obsolète transverse dépression at each side, scutellum 

 black, elytra greenish, elongate, closely and distinctly rugosely 

 punctured, their epipleurse indistinct below the middle, legs elon- 

 gate, bla2k, the first joint of the posterior tarsi rauch longer than 

 the following joints together; abdomen flavous. 



Easily dislinguished by its System of coloration; the spécifie name 

 of flaviventns has already been used by Motschulsky for a suppo- 

 sed species of Monokpta but as the true place for this insect is the 

 genus Malacosoma the name employed by the author can now be 

 restored to a true species of the genus Monolepia. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills. 



MONOLEPTA NIGROBASALIS sp. n. 



Elongate, testaceous, the antennce, tibia3 and tarsi fuscous, thorax 

 subquadrate, obsoletely sulcate, scutellum black, elytra extremely 

 closely and finely punctured and wrinkled, the suturai margins and 

 a spot on the shoulders, extending to the base, black. 



Length 5 mill. 



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