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distantly so at the dise than at the sides, of a slightly bronze-black 

 colour; elytra much wider than the thorax, finely punctate-striate 

 near the suture, more irregularly punctured at the sides, the third 

 interstice and the latéral margin bright yellow, thèse two bands 

 connected at the apex and at the basai margin, another short trans- 

 verse stripe not extending to the suture and projecting at right 

 angles from the latéral margin is placed below the middle ; claw- 

 joint dentate. 



A single spécimen, distinct from any of its allies by the short 

 transverse flavous stripe placed below the middle of the elytra. 



Plagiodera quadriplagiata n. sp. 



Black; thorax finely rugose-punctate, elytra extremely closely 

 and strongly punctured, bluisch-blach , a large transverse patch at 

 the base and another one, more rounded, near the apex, pale 

 flavous. 



Length 3 Unes. 



Of rounded and convex shape, the head finely and closely punc- 

 tured, palpi rather long, antennae extending beyond the base of 

 the elytra, black, the lower two joints fulvous, terminal joints 

 but slightly dilated, much longer than broad ; thorax more than 

 twice as broad as long, the sides slightly rounded, the anterior 

 margin deeply concave, the surface finely rugose and punctured; 

 scutellum smooth; elytra crowded with strong punctured, the 

 interstices also minutely punctate hère and there and rather convex, 

 a bright pale yellow spot of transverse shape is placed near the 

 base, but does not extend to either margin, another more rounded 

 spot is situated near the apex, each spot occupying about one-third 

 of the length of the elytra, underside and legs black ; prosternum 

 strongly raised longitudinally. 



I know of no similarly coloured species of Plagiodera. 



Lactica thoracica n. sp. 



Ovate, convex, fiavous, the antennae, tibiae and tarsi black, 

 sides of thorax straight, the lalter without distinct sulcus; elytra 

 very minutely punctured. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head with a single puncture near the inner margin of the eyes, 

 the rest of the surface impunctate, flavous, eyes widely separated, 

 frontal tubercles absent, carina distinct, apical joints of the palpi 

 piceous, antennae slender, extending to more than half the length 

 of the elytra, black, the basai joint flavous below, the fourth joint 



