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entirely without the elytral transverse flavous band and looks at 
first sight like another species and although the author says that 
his species is extremely variable he does not mention the variety 
with a flavous band of which he has send me specimens under 
the name of konbirensis; in a latter paper on Indian species by 
Duvivier, he also separates the two species, but except the diffe- 
rence of coloration mentioned above I can seen no other distinc- 
tions in regard to structure, etc. M: Andrewes specimens were 
obtained at Belgaum. 
Monolepta piceo-maculata n. sp. 
Testaceous, the antennæ (the basal joints excepted) the 
tibiæ and tarsi more or less black, thorax finely punctured, the 
sides black, elytra finely and closely punctured, a spot at the 
middle of the‘ base, another at the middle of the disc, the apex and 
the lateral margins anteriorly, piceous. 
Length 1 1/2 line. 
Head impunctate; testaceous, the vertex with a piceous spot, 
eyes very large, the space dividing them, narrower than their 
diameter, frontal tubercles trigonate, distinct, labrum piceous, 
antennæ closely approached at the base, extending to the middle 
of the elytra, blackish, the lower three joints testaceous, basal 
joint long and slender, second and third, small, equal, the 
former thickened; thorax twice as broad as long, the lateral 
margins rounded, with a narrow black band, anterior angles 
thickened, oblique, posterior ones acute, the surface finely punc- 
tured and slightly rugose, scutellum black, elytra sculptured in 
the same way as the thorax, the extreme sutural and basal 
margin, à spot placed at the middle of the latter, another on the 
shoulder and a third larger one at the middle, nearly joined to à 
smaller spot a little lower near the sides, piceous, the apex and the 
lateral margin at the base, of the same colour, epipleuræ indis- 
tinct below the middle, legs and abdomen testaceous, the breast 
more or less piceous, the metatarsus of the posterior legs long. 
ab. Belgaum, S. Bombay. 
Closely allied to 47. fimorensis Jac. (Novit. Zoolog., Vol. I) but 
the sides of the thorax black, and the elytral markings of different 
shape, not forming bands, although placed similarly; the five 
specimens before me show no differences in this respect. 
Monolepta trifasciata n. sp. 
Head and the breast black, the thorax, legs and abdomen fla- 
vous, elytra extremely closely and finely punctured, yellowish- 
white, a transverse band at the base, another at the middle, the 
apex and the margins, piceous. 
