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verse dépression at each side, sparingly and finely punctured, 

 scutellum black, elytra extremely finely and minntely punctured, 

 lestaceous or greenish, ail Ihe tnargins as well as the inneredge of 

 Ihe cpipleurse narrowly black, below and Ihe femora testaceous, 

 the libiaî and larsi more or less blacklsh, the first jouit of the 

 posterior tarsi very elongate, half the Icngth of the tibia; elytral 

 epipleurse absent below the middle, anterior coxal cavities closed. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills. July, at light. 



Larger than M. Imibata Oliv. and M. maculosa A.\l(]., the elytra 

 difïerently coloured and the under slde pale, the maie has the last 

 abdominal segment deeply incised at each side of the apex and the 

 middle lobe is constricted at its base and has latéral shallow 

 dépressions; in the female the same part is simple; a very nearly 

 similarly coloured species of Luperodes (L. limhella) has been 

 described by Baly but as Ih-; cavities in that genus are open I 

 cannot refer the présent inseci to Baly's species. 



MONOLEPTA DUVIVIERI sp. n. 



Testaceous, the antennae black, thorax finely punctured, tiie laté- 

 ral margins piceous, elytra very closeiy and rather strongly punc- 

 tured, the suturai and latéral m;irgins and a longitudinal narrow 

 stripe at the middle, piceous. 



Length 2 i/2 mill. 



Head finely and remotely punctured, Ihe frontal tubercies trans- 

 verse, carina elongate, convex, labrum black, antennae extending 

 beyond the middle of the elytra, black, the lower three joints more 

 or less testaceous, second and third joint small, nearly equal, tho- 

 rax subquadrate, one half broader than long, the sides feebly roun- 

 ded, the latéral margins narrowly black, rest of the surface pale 

 flavous, finely and rather closeiy punctured, scutellum fuscous, 

 elytra very closeiy and proportionatcly strongly punctured, testa- 

 ceous, the suturai and latéral margins narrowly black, the dise with 

 a longitudinal piceous stripe from the middle of tbe base to some 

 distance from the apex, legs testaceous, tarsi sUghtly stained wilh 

 fuscous, metatarsus of the posterior legs very elongate. 



Nilgiri Hills. (Hulikal, May, 6,000 ft.) 



A small species of which two spécimens are before me and prin- 

 cipally distinguished by the elytral stripe and the dark margins. 



MONOLEPTA NIGRIMANA sp. n. 



Head and thorax fulvous, anlennœ and legs black, thorax obsole- 

 telydepressed at the sides, elytra black, finely and closeiy punctured, 

 abdomen more or less fulvous. 



Length 4 mill. 



