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it is more lite Chrysomela guttata, Gebl. (sulcenea, Mols.), in this respect, as I 

 stated. Margarinotus has smooth dorsal spaces, which are raised, and are described 

 as tubercles, but in the Monoplius the spaces are not sufficiently raised to be called 

 tuberculate. In both 3Ionoplius pinguis and in injiatus the curious strigose sculp- 

 ture of the upper surface of the head, thorax, and interspaces of the elytra is almost 

 identical ; and beneath, pinguis differs chiefly from injiatus in having the prosternal 

 striae shorter, closer together, and they meet anteriorly, and the punctuation of the 

 mesosternum is clearer. Mr. Peringuey is perfectly right in stating that the funicle 

 of the antenna in Monoplius is 7-]ointed, for Marseul failed to observe the 7th joint, 

 which lies close to the club, and is somewhat spread out beneath it. — Q-. Lewis, 1, 

 Queen's Eide, Barnes : February, 1890. 



ON A NEW SPECIES BELONaiNa TO THE GENUS LANQURIA. 

 BY THE REV. CANON FOWLER, M.A., F.L.S., &c. 



As a rule, I object to the practice o£ describing single species, 

 but as I have retained the insect described below for a long time, 

 and am anxious to return it to its owner, and as I have no further 

 paper on Languriidee iu hand at present, and, as besides, it is a 

 conspicuous and easily recognised species, I have thought it better 

 not to leave it uudescribed : I have never seen a species like it. 



Langueia ocheeipennis, n. sp. 



nigra, nitida, elytris, scutello, ore abdomineqice ochreo-Jlavis ; capite sat 

 magna, oculis prominulis, antennis piceis, articulo primo Jlavo, clava sensim 

 5-articulata ; thorace sub-globoso, nitidissimo, fere Icevi ; elytris ad apicem 

 angustatis, ordinibus punctorum leviter instructis, apicibus late rotundatis ; 

 abdomine parce punctata, metasterno longo, canvexo, lineis coxaUbus nullis ; 

 pedibus langis, nigris, genuhus piceo-Jlavis. Long., 6 mm. 



Black, shining, with the elytra, scutellum, abdomen, and mouth parts yellow ; 

 head rather large, eyes prominent ; antennae with a gradual five-jointed club, last 

 joint long ; thorax sub-globose, deep black, very shining, almost impunctate, with 

 the sides strongly rounded and dilated about the middle, and with a rather well- 

 marked transverse basal furrow, bounded on each side by a very short longitudinal 

 line ; elytra and scutellum of a bright ochreous-yellow colour, shoulders of the 

 former well-marked, apices broadly rounded, rows of punctures rather fine and not 

 deeply impressed ; abdomen yellow, sparingly punctured ; legs long, black, knees 

 pitchy ; metasternum long, convex. 



IVIalacca: in Dr. Sharp's collections,^ . 



Lincoln : January 29<A, 1890. 



NOTES ON THE BRITISH PLATTPEZIDM. 

 BY C. W. DALE, F.E.S. 



This family is a very interesting one on two accounts : firstly, 

 because of the general rarity of the species ; and secondly, on account 



