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their tibiz being mucronate and their elytral epipleure obsolete 
behind the middle I do not see how they can be placed in Laperws 
and the basal joint of their hind tarsi is too short for Luperodes, 
so for the present at any rate they must remain in Monolepta. 
M. dilutior, sp. nov.  Elongato-ovalis; sat nitida; pallide 
testacea, antennis apicem versus infuscatis, elytris apicem 
versus plus minusve obscuris; antennis gracilibus quam 
- corpus parum brevioribus, articulo basali sat elongato arcuato, 
2° 3° que brevibus (hoc quam ille graciliori), 4° sat elongato 
(quam 2™ 3° que conjuncti vix longiori, quam 1" sub- 
breviori) ; capite sublevi, inter oculos transversim profunde 
arcuatim sulecato ; prothorace quam longiori duabus partibus 
latiori, subquadrato, sat fortiter vix crebre punctulato, trans- 
versim late minus profunde in medio impresso ; elytris fere 
ut prothorax punctulatis; tarsorum posticorum articulo 
basali quam ceteri conjuncti fere duplo longiori. Long., 
IZ 1.; lat, $1. 
Var. elytris totis testaceis. 
This little species has a more slender and fragile appearance 
than most Monolepte and has much the facies of a Halticid ; the 
tarsi of its hind legs are nearly as long as their tibiz. The 
elytral epipleure are broad near the base and rapidly become 
extremely narrow before the middle of their length, but are just 
traceable for an appreciable distance behind the middle. The 
dark blotch near the apex of the elytra looks as though it were 
caused by the elytra being sprinkled with a fine smoky dust, and 
is never very conspicuous. 
N. Queensland ; taken by Mr. Koebele near Cairns. 
M. implicata, sp. nov. Elongato-ovalis; sat nitida; testacea, 
antennis apicem versus infuscatis, capite prothorace elytris 
que lineis maculisque piceis numerosis ornatis; antennis 
gracilikus quam corpus vix brevioribus, articulo basali sat 
elongato arcuato, 2° brevi, 3° quam 2" graciliori et dimidia 
parte longiori, 4° sat elongato quam precedentes 2 con- 
juncti vix (quam 1" sat manifeste) breviori; capite subleevi, 
inter oculos transversim profunde arcuatim sulcato; pro- 
thorace quam longiori duabus partibus latiori, fortiter vix 
crebre punctulato, transversim obsolete impresso, lateribus 
modice arcuatis ; elytris ut prothorax punctulatis ; tarsorum 
posticorum articulo basali quam ceteri conjuncti fere duplo 
longiorin, Hono, 12 1); lat., 2.1, 
This species is closely allied to the preceding, though at once 
distinguishable from it by the markings on its upper surface 
(also by the more rounded sides of its prothorax, &c.). The 
piceous markings are a little variable. In an ordinary example 
