376 ME. M. JACOBT ON THE [Mar. 7, 



darker, the epipleurse indistinct below the middle ; legs long and 

 slender, entirely flavous, the breast pale fulvous ; the last abdominal 

 segment of the male with a broadly rounded median lobe, incised 

 at each side. 



Hob. Estcourt, Frere, Natal {G. Marshall). 



Larger than M. 8-maculata Jac. and the variety ; the antennae 

 elongate and slender, the sides of the thorax straight, and the 

 punctuation extremely small ; the general coloration and that of 

 the legs a greenish yellow. 



LiJPERUS (Monolepta) nigkosuttjbalis Jac. 



This species was erroneously placed by me in Luperus ; a more 

 careful examination has proved to me that the anterior coxal 

 cayities are closed, and that the species must find its place in Mono- 

 lepta ; the elytral epipleurse also are indistinct below the middle. 



MONOLEPTA CONEADI, Sp. n. 



Chestnut-brown, the head, antennae (the last joint excepted), 

 and the thorax flavous, the last minutely punctured ; elytra very 

 minutely and closely punctured. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head obscure flavous, impunctate, the eyes very large, frontal 

 elevations and the elypeus scarcely defined ; antennae flavous, the 

 terminal joint black, the second and third very small, equal, 

 the others elongate and nearly equal ; thorax twice as broad as 

 long, the sides straight, the posterior margin rounded, the surface 

 minutely and rather closely punctured, flavous; scutellum fulvous ; 

 el^jfra broader than the thorax at the base and very convex, their 

 epipleurse obsolete below the middle, of a dark chestnut-brown 

 colour, shining, the surface very linely and closely punctured ; the 

 underside of the same colour, the legs flavous. 



Hah. Cameroons {Conrad). Collections: that of Dr. Kraatz 

 and my own. 



In the distribution of colour this species differs from all of its 

 African congeners with which I am acquainted. 



JjInidea coccinea, sp. n. 



Plavous ; thorax reddish fulvous, transversely sulcate, impunc- 

 tate ; elytra extremely finely punctured, coloured like the thorax, 

 with a slight purplish gloss. 



Mas. Head deeply excavated, the excavation with an erect 

 central pi-ojection ; antennae robust. 



Length 9 millim. 



Head robust, the vertex fulvous, impunctate, the lo^wer portion 

 flavous, entirely occupied by a deep excavation, with a central long 

 tooth-like projection, the apex of which is truncate ; elypeus broad, 

 impunctate ; antennae long, obscure dark flavous, the first and third 

 joints of equal length, very elongate, the second moniJiform, the 

 following joints shorter than the third, robust, slightly curved, the 

 terminal two ioints more slender ; thorax about one-half broader 



