Mr. C. J. Gahan on neio Coleoptera. 391 



Leprodera insidiosa (Chevr. MS.), n. sp. 



Capitis fronte punctata, fulvo-brimneo pubescente, vertice brunneo, 

 fere impunctato, postice ferrugineo-maculato ; prothoracis disco 

 punctato et iu medio leviter ruguloso, obscure ferrugineo-vittato ; 

 scutello fulvo ; elj'tris griseis, minute granulosis ad basin, deinde 

 pmictatis, fascia fusca obscura, literae v persimili ; singulo 

 macula magna, submedia, nigro-velutina, albido marginata. 



Long. 22-60 mm. 



Hab. N. India and Penang. 



The prothorax is dark brown above, with an obscure ferru- 

 ginous or tawny band on each side of the middle ; the sides 

 of the prothorax at the base of the lateral tubercles as well as 

 the tubercles themselves are also ferruginous. The rugosity 

 on the middle of the disk is in some specimens scarcely appa- 

 rent, in others plainly visible. The V-shaped band on the 

 anterior part of the elytra is somewhat obscure and in old or 

 rubbed specimens is liable to be overlooked The large spot 

 on each elytron is placed for the most part behind the middle 

 and is generally somewhat irregular in form. The apices of 

 the elytra are rounded. The legs and underside of the body 

 have a short fulvous-brown pubescence, iu which numerous 

 minute white bristles are scattered. The anterior legs in the 

 male are long, with their tibiaj armed with a strong tooth and 

 their tarsi fringed with black hairs. 



The antenna in the male are about twice as long as the 

 body and their first three joints are slightly rugose ; in the 

 female they are a little longer than the body, with the scape, 

 and sometimes also the base of the third joint, slightly rugose, 



The mesosteinal process is feebly tubercled in the middle; 

 the prosternal has the moderately broad simple form which is 

 found in the last species and in L. crucifera. 



Monohammus modicus^ n. sp. 



Brunneo-griseo dense pubescens ; prothorace supra inaequali ; elytris 

 ad basin tainute et sparsissime granulosis, singulo ad medium 

 macula fusca antice distincte, postice indistincte marginata, apici- 

 bus truncatis ; antennis griseis, articulis a tertio apicibus brunneis. 



Long. 18-19 mm., lat. 6|-7 mm. 



Hah. Madras. 



With a dense drab pubescence covering the head, thorax, 

 legs, and underside of the body. The head impunctate ; the 

 lower lobes of the eyes rather large. Prothorax very feebly 

 tubercled on the disk, impunctate, and with a few very 



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