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80. Monolepta parvonotata, n. sp. 
Testaceous; head and breast black; thorax impunctate; elytra 
very minutely punctured, testaceous, the basal margin and two 
spots below the middle, placed obliquely on each elytron, black. 
Length 2 lines. 
Head entirely black, impunctate, the frontal tubercles obsolete; 
antennae testaceous, the last two joints fuscous, the second and 
third, short, equal; thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, the 
posterior margin rounded, the anterior one straight, all the 
angles obsolete, surface impunctate; scutellum black; elytra 
convex, scarcely visibly punctured, with traces of longitudinal 
costae ; a narrow transverse black band, the posterior margin 
of which is deeply dentate, is placed at the base, and two 
small black spots below the middle, the inner one near the 
suture, the other near the lateral margin further back; legs 
and abdomen flavous or testaceous, the breast and the apex of 
the pygidium are black. 
Hab. Sumatra, Mt. Singalang (O. Beccari). 
81. Monolepta aruensis, n. sp. 
Ovate, widened behind, below obscure piceous; head, thorax 
and femora, fulvous or flavous; elytra impunctate, dark violaceous 
blue. 
Length 2 lines. 
Head impunctate ; antennae two thirds the length of the body 
in the female, as long as the body in the male, fuscous, the 
basal joint and the base of the following testaceous, second and 
third joints very short, equal; thorax transversely subquadrate, 
one half broader than long, fulvous, impunctate; elytra im- 
punctate or with very minute traces of punctures, dark vio- 
laceous ; breast and femora fulvous, abdomen, the tibiae at their 
apices and the tarsi obscure piceous. 
Hab. New Guinea, Aru Islands (O. Beccari). 
Ann. del Mus. Civ. di St. Nat. Serie 2.4, Vol. IV. (23 Ottobre 1886) 
