HELOTA BOYSI. '115 



The elytra nearly parallel , the apices conjointly notched 

 at the suture , forming at the bottom of the notch a mi- 

 nute sutural angle. Each elytron is provided with ten re- 

 gular striae of deeply impressed punctures which become 

 larger towards the sides ; the interstices become costate 

 towards the end, especially the 3rd and 9th. 



The under surface of the head (with the exception of 

 the middle of the throat) remotely covered with large 

 punctures; on the metallic lateral portions of the proster- 

 nura the punctures are still larger, the pale coloured 

 middle portion is nearly impunctate; the sides of the me- 

 tasternum are very distinctly punctured; the abdomen is 

 apparently impunctate, with the exception of the apical 

 segment which shows a very fine punctuation and which 

 is truncate behind ; the legs are impunctate , the metallic 

 green portions excepted which have a few punctures. 



cf. Anterior tibiae slightly curved on the apical half 

 and provided at the apex on the inside with a flattened 

 and truncate black appendage which is directed forward 

 and inward; the basal joints of the anterior tarsi are en- 

 larged and densely covered beneath with a long pale co- 

 loured pubescence; the tarsi of the middle and hind legs 

 are very slender and elongate , as long as if not slightly 

 longer than the tibia; the posterior tibiae with a black 

 line along the inner edge of the apical half. The apices 

 of the elytra are conjointly notched at the suture, forming 

 at the bottom of the notch a minute sutural angle on 

 each elytron. The apical ventral segment broadly trun- 

 cated behind, the lateral angles rounded. 



9. Legs simple, the posterior tibiae without black line 

 on the inner edge. The common sutural notch on the apex 

 of the elytra deeper than in the male , and the apices con- 

 sequently narrower. The apical ventral segment more nar- 

 rowly truncated behind than in the male. 



Several examples of both sexes. 



Ohs. The specimens from Kurseong (Braet) , Pedong 

 (Desgodins) and Darjeeling (Christie) , regarded by me with 



Notes from the Leyden ]VIuseiira , Vol. XVI. 



