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Show 374 MR. M. JACOBY ON THE [Mar. 7, MONOLEPTA KIRSCHI, sp. n. Dark violaceous blue, the antennae and the legs black; thorax impunctate; elytra very finely and closely punctured. Length 5 millim. Elongate-ovate, widened posteriorly; the head impunctate, metallic dark blue, the frontal elevations distinct, broad, transverse, labrum black ; antennas extending to about the middle of the elytra, black, the third joint twice as long as the second, but distinctly shorter than the fourth, the last-named and the remaining joints equal; thorax more than twice as broad as long, Avidened at the middle, the sides strongly deflexed, the lateral margins very slightly rounded, the anterior angles thickened, tbe posterior margin broadly rounded and produced, the surface impunctate ; scutellum triangular, impunctate ; elytra convex and Avidened posteriorly, finely aud very closely punctured, dark violaceous, their epipleuras indistinct below the"middle ; legs black, long and slender, the metatarsus of the posterior legs longer than half the length of the tibias. Hab. Salisbury, Mashonaland (G. Marshall); also Natal. This Monolepta may be known from every other species of the genus by the uniform dark violaceous colour and the long metatarsus of the posterior legs. I have seen four specimens from Salisbury and one from Natal. MONOLEPTA DIVISA, sp. n. Bufous; the head anteriorly, the antennas, thorax, and legs flavous, the base of tbe head black; thorax finely and closely punctured; elytra of similar sculpture, rufous, the base with a transverse black band. Length 4-5 millim. Head impunctate, black at the vertex, the lower portion flavous, labrum piceous ; eyes very large; antennas slender, flavous, the apical joint black, the second and third joints short, nearly equal; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides scarcely rounded, the anterior angles thickened, the posterior ones oblique, surface closely punctured, very finely so near the anterior portion; scutellum fulvous; elytra OA*ate, AAidened towards the middle, extremely finely and closely punctured, the apex of each broadlv rounded, the disc rufous, the base with a transverse black band to the extent of one-fourth the length of the elytra and extending downwards along the sides to near the middle, tbe epipleuras indistinct below the middle; the underside and the posterior four legs reddish fulvous, anterior legs flavous. Hab. Malvern, Natal (G. Marshall). This species could easily be mistaken for Candezea pectoralis Jac, as the coloration is nearly identical, but in the latter species the antennas and legs are black and the head is entirely flavous ; there are besides this the continued elytral epipleuras and a much less transverse thorax. M. longiuscula Chap, must be another very closely allied species, so far as the coloration is concerned, but is described as haviug a bla^k abdomen and obscure flavous elvtra |
