114 HELOTA BOYSI. 



Helot a Boy si Rits. (ƒ and 9« 



This species was described by me iu 1889 •) from a 

 single male example belonging to the Oxford Museum. 

 As the present collection contains several specimens of it, 

 males and females, I give here a description of both sexes. 



The species is allied to Helota notata Rits. from Burma, 

 but it is larger , and more strongly punctured , and has 

 the apices of the elytra otherwise shaped. The male is 

 easily recognizable by the flattened and truncate appendage 

 at the apex of the inner margin of the anterior tibiae. 



Length 8 — 9 mm. — Narrow and elongate, shining; 

 above metallic green with coppery and purple tinges ; the 

 antennae testaceous, the two apical joints of the club iu- 

 fuscate; each elytron provided with two flavous spots si- 

 tuated between the 3rd and 7th striae ^) and surrounded 

 with purple. — Underneath the head (except the middle 

 of the throat) , the lateral portions of the prosternum and ' 

 the elytral epipleurae bright golden green, the remaining 

 reddish testaceous ; the legs reddish testaceous , with the 

 apex of the femora and the base of the tibiae metallic 

 green ; on the tibiae the green colour is slightly prolonged 

 along the outer edge ; the tarsi (with the exception of the 

 basal half of the claw-joint) brownish. 



Head strongly and densely punctured , the punctures on 

 the middle portion larger and wider apart. 



Prothorax trapezoidal, being slightly attenuated in 

 straight lines to the front margin which is likewise straight, 

 the anterior angles broadly rounded , not at all produced ; 

 the base deeply bisinuate , the lateral angles acute. The 

 upper surface rather regularly densely covered with large 

 deep punctures, an impunctate longitudinal streak in front 

 of the scutellum. The scutellum broadly rounded behind 

 and impunctate» 



1) Notes Leyd. Mas. Vol. XI, 1SS9, p. 189. 



2) In some individuals the posterior yellow spot is situated between the 3rd 

 and 8th striae. 



Notes frora the Leyclen IMuseum , Vol. XVI. 



