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. than the thorax, all the margins narrowly piceous, their epipleuræ 
broad anteriorly, indistinct below the middle, legs pale fulvous, 
abdomen testaceous, breast black, the metatarsus of the posterior 
legs very long ; the male organ convex at the middle, long and 
slender anteriorly, the apex suddenly constricted and again widened 
into a narrow spoon-shaped point. 
ab. Kanara, Belgaum, S. Bombay. 
M. indica is closely allied in coloration to A. melanocephala Jac. 
from Sumatra, butthat species is of rather larger size, the thorax has 
a very distinct lateral depression and the tibiæ and tarsi are black. 
Monolepta longitarsis n. sp. 
Ovate, very convex, chestnut-brown, thorax impunctate, the 
sides straight, elytra very finely and closely punctured, their epi- 
pleuræ absent below the middle, metatarsus of the posterior legs 
extremely long. 
Length 1 1/2 line. 
Head impunctate, the eyes very large, closely approached, the 
clypeus broad and extending upwards between the antennæ; the 
latter closely approached, long and slender, the basal joint very 
long the second and third joints rather short, equal, the fourth as 
long as the preceding two joints together, thorax twice as broad 
as long, the lateral margins straigt, distinctly narrowed in front, 
the anterior margin about one half shorter than the posterior one, 
the latter rounded and produced at the middle, the surface impunc- 
tate, scutellum elongate, triangular, elytra very convex, subcylin- 
drical, chestnut-brown, finely ard closely punctured, their epi- 
pleuræ broad at the base but disappearing below the middle, legs 
long and slender, the tibiæ mucronate, the spine at the posterior 
tibiæ very long, the first joint of the posterior tarsi nearly as long 
as the tibia ; the penis subcylindrical, moderately long, not widened 
at the apex, the latter very little pointed, rather broad and for- 
ming a short angle at the sides. 
Hab. Belgaum, S. Bombay. 
I have no doubt, that some authors would have placed this spe- 
cies in a new genus on account of the structure of the head and 
the very long metatarsus, but I for my part see no reason to remove 
the species from Monolepta as the above differences are only those 
of degrees which in the exotic species may be multiplied into new 
genera at nearly every species. 
Hymenesia limbata n. sp. 
Fulvous, the antennæ. apex of the femora and the tibiæ and tarsi 
black, thorax closely punctured, with two obscure bluish spots, 
