NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 93 
testaceous, with a narrow transverse reddish fulvous band across 
the basal margin. 
Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Doria and Beccari). 
M. affinis may be distinguished from M. basalis Jac. by the 
testaceous, not black head and antennae, by the less transverse 
and longer thorax and by the narrower fulvous elytral band; 
the differently shaped thorax of M. a/finis prevents the supposi- 
tion of considering the species a variety only of. M. basalis. 
714. Monolepta scutellata, n. sp. 
Black; above fulvous or testaceous; labrum, antennae (the 
two basal joints excepted) and the scutellum black; thorax im- 
punctate ; elytra extremely finely punctured. 
Length 2 !/, lines. 
Head impunctate, fulvous; the frontal tubercles narrowly 
transverse, bounded by a transverse groove behind; labrum and 
the palpi black; antennae slender, half the length of the body, 
the two and sometimes the three basal joints fulvous, the rest 
black; the third joint double the length of the second, the 
fourth, longer than the preceding joint; thorax twice as broad 
as long, the sides slightly rounded, the posterior angles oblique 
but scarcely rounded; surface impunctate, slightly convex, 
fulvous; scutellum black; elytra convex, slightly widened at 
the middle, the surface extremely finely punctured, the punctua- 
tion only visible under a strong lens; underside and legs black, 
shining. : 
Hab. New Guinea, Fly River, Katau (L. M. D’Albertis). 
75. Monolepta opaca, n. sp. 
Testaceous; the breast fulvous or piceous; head, antennae (the 
2 apical joints excepted) and the thorax pale fulvous; elytra 
opaque, nearly impunctate, reddish fulvous, a broad transverse 
band at the base and another below the middle, black. 
Length 2 lines. 
