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ground, it is divided by a broad flavous band which is widened 
at the suture and extends upwards to the base very narrowly 
at the sutural margin; the species differs from M. argutula 
Boisd. by the colour of the underside and legs. 
77. Monolepta brunneipennis, n. sp. 
Testaceous; terminal joint of the antennae fuscous; thorax 
impunctate, obsoletely depressed; elytra extremely finely punc- 
tured, pale chestnutbrown. 
Length 2 lines. 
Head impunctate, deeply transversely grooved between the 
eyes, the latter very large; the frontal tubercles scarcely divi- 
ded; carina short and thick; antennae about half the length of 
the body, pale fulvous or testaceous, the last joint fuscous, the 
third joint scarcely longer than the second, the basal joint long 
and curved; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rather 
rounded and slightly constricted towards the base, the basal 
margin rounded and oblique at the sides, surface not visibly 
punctured with an obsolete transverse depression at the middle 
of the disc; scutellum dark fulvous; elytra convex, extremely 
finely punctured and somewhat wrinkled, only visible under a 
strong lens, of a pale brownish colour, the margin and the 
apices generally somewhat lighter; undersides and legs te- 
staceous. 
Hab. New Guinea, Island of Yule, June (L. M. D’Albertis). 
The head and thorax of this species is constantly of a paler 
colour than that of the elytra, the punctuation of which is 
very minute. 
78. Monolepta melancholica, n. sp. 
Black; the three basal joints of the antennae and the anterior 
legs, testaceous ; thorax and elytra distinctly punctured. 
Length 1 line. 
Head with a few fine punctures; eyes very large; labrum 
