112 HELOTA DESGODINSI. 



middle of the metasternum without pubescence , and the 

 apical ventral segment flattened behind and broadly trun- 

 cate, the margin of the truncation slightly thickened 

 except in the middle; a few large hair-bearing punctures 

 are present on the flattened portion laterally. 



A single specimen. — The unique known male specimen 

 of this species, which was found in the environs of Pedong 

 in Sikkim (Desgodius) , likewise belongs to Mr. Oberthiir. 



Helot a attenuata, n. sp. 9- 



Closely allied to Helota rotundata Rits. from Burma ^) , 

 but the shape of the new species is less parallel : it is 

 broader in the shoulders and more attenuated anteriorly 

 and posteriorly ; the prothorax is decidedly more transverse 

 and its sides are more strongly curved , the anterior angles 

 less prominent and less rounded , and the pronotum is 

 more strongly punctured ; moreover the elytral epipleurae , 

 which are dark bronze in rotundata, are reddish testaceous 

 in the new species. 



Length 9 mm. — Subshining; above dark bronze with 

 purplish tinges especially on the head and pronotum; the 

 two basal joints of the antennae reddish (the scape with 

 a fuscous spot in front) , the following joints pitchy brown , 

 the club darkest; the anterior angles of the pronotum 

 narrowly edged with fulvous , the scutellum coppery ; the 

 elytra provided with two pairs of yellow spots situated 

 between the 3rd and 6th striae and surrounded with 

 bluish black. The colour of the underside (the elytral 

 epipleurae included) is reddish testaceous, with the excep- 

 tion of the dark bronze head (the throat, however, is 

 reddish testaceous); the legs are reddish testaceous, the 

 tip of the femora metallic green , the base and apex of 

 the tibiae as well as the tarsi pitchy with a slight bronze hue. 



1) Ann. Mus. Civ. di Genova, vol. XXX, 1891, p. 891, (ƒ, and Notes 

 Leyd. Mus. Vol. XVI, 1891, p. 101, 9. 



Notes from the Leyden JMuseum, Vol. XVI. 



