456 Mr. Baly's descriptions of 



the length of the body, liHform, the second joint very short, the 

 third more than twice its length, slightly longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax nearly three times as broad as long ; sides straight and 

 parallel from the base to beyond the middle, obliquely converg- 

 ing in front, the anterior angles produced, slightly recurved, 

 obtuse, hinder angles acute; disc very sparingly impressed here 

 and there with fine punctures, the sides broadly margined, the 

 middle disc flattened. Scutellum trigonate. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, slightly dilated posteriorly, rather closely punc- 

 tured, the puncturing denser and coarser towards the apex. 



2. Antlpha Jlavofasciata, n. sp. 



Ovata, postice ampliata, nigra, nitida, femoribus anticis 

 quatuor, posticis apice, capite thoraceque flavis, antennis apice 

 infuscatis ; til)iis anticis dorso, tarsis anticis quatuor, tarsisque 

 posticis articulo penultimo piceis; elytris tenuiter sed distincte 

 punctatis, fascia lata prope medium flava. Long. 2i lin. 



Ilab. The Plains of Assam. 



Head impunctato; encarpii? transverse, separated by the apex 

 of the triangular clypeus. Thorax nearly three times as broad 

 as long ; sides straight and parallel, converging beyond the 

 middle, all the angles produced, acute ; disc smooth, impunctate. 

 Scutellum trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, dilated 

 posteriorly, moderately convex, slightly excavated below the 

 liasilar space, finely and distinctly but not very closely punc- 

 tiu-ed. 



This and the preceding species have the facies and antenna? 

 of Monolepta, with the structural characters of Antlpha. 



3. Antipha histn'o, n. sp. 



Angu'ste ovata, postice paullo ampliata, rufo-testacea, nitida, 

 mesosterno, scutello capiteque nigris, pedibus anticis, facie inter 

 oculos, antennis thoraceque flavis ; pedibus posticis quatuor 

 nigro-piceis, genubus, tibiis apice tarsisque sordide fulvis; 

 elytris rufo-testaceis, fascia lata vix pone medium, antice sinuatii 

 flava, basi anguste et utrisque fasciis irregularibus duabus una 

 ante, altera pone fasciam flavam positis, nigris. Long. 2§ lin. 



Hab. Assam. 



Vertex shining, impunctate ; encarpa; transverse, shghtl}' 

 curved, separated by the apex of the triangular clypeus; carina 

 obsolete; eyes large, prominent; antenna^ with the second joint 



