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fulvous as well as the basal joint, the others black; thorax one 

 half broader than long, all the margins very slightly rounded, 

 the surface impunctate ; scutellum ilavous ; elytra paler , the 

 extreme margins slightly darker , the surface very finely and 

 closely punctured ; underside and legs entirely pale flavous ; 

 eljiral epipleurae continued l)elow the middle ; anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



Bhamò. 



This species, of which ten specimens were obtained, has little 

 to distinguish it from several other closely allied form ; it may 

 be principally separated by its small size , the entirely pale 

 flavous colour and that of the antennae in connection with the 

 impunctate thorax. 



154. Monolepta^ sig^uata, Oliv. 



Bhamò , Burmah ; Kawkareet and Houngdarau Valley in 

 Tenasserim. 



155. Monolepta fla"%'ofa.8ciata , u. sp. 



Flavous; the breast and the four posterior legs black; thorax im- 

 punctate; elytra black, the extreme apex rufous, a narrow trans- 

 verse band across the middle, yellowish white; abdomen rufous. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head impunctate , the frontal elevations obsolete ; labrum 

 black ; antenna? pale fulvous, the apical joint black, second and 

 third joints small , equal ; thorax about one half broader than 

 long, slightly widened at the middle, the sides scarcely rounded, 

 the posterior angles rather oblique , the surface impunctate ; 

 scutellum black ; elytra microscopically finely punctured , black 

 with a narrow transverse yellowish band immediately below 

 the middle, the extreme apical margin rufous; the breast black 

 as well as the four posterior legs , the anterior ones , flavous ; 

 abdomen rufous. 



Bliamò , August 188.j. Also Pulo Penang (coll. .lacoby). 



