NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 99 
lowing joints together; the posterior tibiae with a long spine; 
claws appendiculate; anterior coxal cavities closed; elytral epi- 
pleurae indistinct below the middle. 
Hab. Australia, Somerset (L. M. D’Albertis). 
_I have provisionally placed this species, which has lost the 
typical shape of Monolepta in this genus on account of the 
principal structural characters, peculiar to the genus, being 
present. The thorax is however of a more square shape and 
more or less distinctly depressed, the elytra are also less convex 
than usual and it is probable that another genus is required for 
the reception of this species should other similar forms be found. 
84, Neolepta quadriplagiata, n. sp. 
Fulvous; antennae (the basal joint excepted) tibiae and tarsi 
black; elytra scarcely visibly punctured, black, a large discoidal 
spot, placed anteriorly and another at the apex of each elytron, 
yellowish white. 
Length 2 !/,-3 lines. 
Head reddish fulvous, impunctate; frontal tubercles very 
distinct, bounded behind by a deep groove, carina short; eyes 
large; antennae filiform, nearly two third the length of the 
body, black, the first joint dark fulvous, the second and third 
very short, nearly equal, the following joints elongate, pube- 
scent; thorax twice as broad as long, the posterior margin 
slightly rounded, the sides straight, the angles not produced , 
surface impressed with a shallow fovea at each side, impunctate, 
opaque, fulvous; elytra extremely finely punctured, below the 
base a broad whitish patch occupies the anterior half of the 
disc, extending very nearly to either margin, the anterior edge 
of this patch is obliquely rounded near the suture, another smaller 
and triangular patch is placed near the apex of each elytron ; 
femora and underside fulvous; the first joint of the posterior 
tarsi as long as half the tibia; elytral epipleurae continued to 
the apices; anterior coxal cavities closed. 
Hab. Sumatra, Mt. Singalang (O. Beccari). 
