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rightly referred the present species to Motschulsky's insect, the closed 

 anterior coxalcuvities of L. quadripusttdatus, as well as of the following 

 species, would suggest rather the genus Monolepta or Nadrana for 

 their receptionj since the type, Luperodes alhoplagiatus, Motsch., has 

 open coxal cavities. It must, however, be left for the future to 

 decide with certainty the proper place of these eastern forms. 



Luperodes pectoralis, sp. nov. 



Ovate, convex ; testaceous ; the base of the head, antennae, and 

 the breast black ; thorax transverse, impunctate ; elytra very finely 

 punctured, testaceous, a narrow transverse band at the base and the 

 extreme margins black. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head impunctate, the basal portion as well as the labrum and the 

 palpi black, the rest testaceous. Antennse as long as tlie body, 

 entirely black, the third joint very slightly longer than the second, 

 both joints short. Thorax more than twice as broad as long, the 

 sides straight, the posterior margin rounded ; surface impunctate, 

 without depression. Scutellum black. Elytra extremely finely and 

 closely punctured, testaceous, sometimes stained with fulvous near 

 the apices, the sutural and lateral extreme margins as well as a nar- 

 row transverse band at the base black. Legs fulvous or testaceous, 

 the tarsi obscure fuscous. Breast black ; abdomen testaceous. The 

 first joint of the posterior tarsi half the length of the tibiae. 



Dikoya. 



From L. basalis, Motsch., the present species differs in the 

 entirely black antennae and the similarly coloured elytral margins, 

 also in the fulvous legs. The thorax is more transversely shaped 

 than is usual in the species of this genus, but all other characters 

 agree with Luperodes. 



Luperodes flavicornis, sp. nov. 



Testaceous ; breast dark fulvous ; head and thorax impunctate ; 

 elytra extremely finely and closely punctured, reddish fulvous, the 

 base obscure piceous. 



Length 2 liues. 



Head impunctate, transversely grooved between the antennae ; the 

 latter slightly shorter than the body, entirely flavous, the second and 

 third joints short, equal ; the fourth as long or rather longer than 

 the two preceding joints together. Thorax transverse, without 

 depressions, rather more than twice as broad as long, the sides 

 slightly, the posterior margin more strongly rounded, the angles not 

 produced. Scutellum obscure testaceous. Elytra slightly widened 

 posteriorly, dark fulvous, very minutely and closely punctured, the 

 base with a narrow transverse obscure piceous band. Posterior tibiae 

 mucronate, their metatarsus longer than the three following joints 

 together. Anterior coxal cavities closed. 



The single specimen contained in this collection differs from 

 L. basalis, Motsch., in the unicolorous antennae, in the diiferently 



