92 MARTIN JACOBY 
72. Monolepta Germari, n. sp. 
Below black; above metallic dark blue; the basal and apical 
joints of the antennae fulvous, thorax with two impressions ; 
elytra finely rugose-punctate; anterior tibiae testaceous. 
Length 1 line. 
Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles transverse, nearly 
contiguous and bounded behind by a deep transverse groove; 
labrum and palpi piceous; antennae more than half the length 
of the body, the two or three basal and apical joints fulvous , 
the rest black, the second and third joints small, nearly equal 
in length; thorax subquadrate, slightly broader than long, the 
sides feebly, the posterior margin more distinctly rounded, the 
surface extremely finely punctured with a rather deep depression 
at each side; elytra very finely rugose-punctate ; the apices of 
the anterior femora and their tibiae, more or less testaceous , 
the other legs black; the first joint of the posterior tarsi longer 
than the three following joints together; anterior coxal cavities 
closed; elytral epipleurae obsolete below the middle. 
Hab. Australia, Somerset (L. M. D’Albertis). 
Distinguished by its small size and the colour of the antennae 
and legs. 
73. Monolepta affinis, n. sp. 
Testaceous; breast black; thorax scarcely visibly, elytra 
extremely finely punctured, the basal margin of the latter nar- 
rowly, reddish fulvous. 
Var. Entirely testaceous below. 
Length 3 lines. 
Head impunctate; eyes large; antennae entirely testaceous, 
the second and third joints very small; thorax twice as broad 
as long, the surface with an obsolete depression at the sides, 
scarcely visibly punctured; elytra convex, slightly widened 
behind, finely but more distinctly punctured than the thorax , 
