94 MARTIN JACOBY 
Head impunctate; labrum piceous; antennae fulvous, the two 
terminal joints black, the third joint double the length of the 
second; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides straight, the 
posterior margin rounded, the surface not visibly punctured, 
pale fulvous, the disc without any depression; scutellum fulvous ; 
elytra convex, widened behind, opaque, the surface microscopi- 
cally finely punctured, of a reddish fulvous colour, with a broad 
transverse black band at the base and an equally broad band, 
not extending to the lateral margin, behind the middle; legs 
entirely fulvous; abdomen testaceous; the first joint of the 
posterior tarsi much longer than the following joints together ; 
anterior coxal cavities closed. 
Hab. New Guinea, Fly River, Hatam (L. M. D’Albertis, Beccari). 
Larger than’ M. latefascia Motsch. and differing in the colour 
of the antennae, the more reddish colour of the elytra and their 
opaque surface. 
76. Monolepta quadrimaculata, n. sp. 
Flavous; apices of the terminal joints of the antennae, fuscous; 
head and thorax impunctate; elytra very finely punctured, a 
spot at the base and the apical portion of each elytron, black. 
Length 2-2 !/, lines. | 
Head fulvous at the vertex, lighter in front, impunctate; eyes 
large; antennae very closely approached, fulvous, the terminal 
joints stained more or less with fuscous, sometimes entirely of 
that colour and the three basal joints fulvous only; thorax 
about one half broader than long, rather convex, the sides 
slightly rounded and narrowed near the base, the surface im- 
punctate; scutellum flavous; elytra extremely finely and closely 
punctured, a triangular spot at the base and a larger ovate 
spot at the apices, black; underside and legs flavous; the first 
Joint of the posterior tarsi longer than the three following joints 
together ; anterior coxal cavities closed. 
Hab. Australia, Somerset (L. M. D'Albertis). 
If the black portion of the elytra is taken for that of the 
