116 HELOTA BRETAUDEAUI. 



doubt as the female sex of Helota Boysi Rits. ') , belong 

 to tlie following species. 



Helota Bretaudeaui, n. sp. cf and 9. 



This species is closely allied to Helota duhia Rits. ^) and 

 a/Jinis Rits. ^) from Burma , of which the female sex only 

 is known. Likewise it is allied to Helota Fryi Rits. *) from 

 Burma , which species is broader and has the apices of 

 the elytra rounded in both sexes ; moreover the fore 

 tibiae of the male are quite differently shaped. 



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

 above bronze green with coppery tinges , the antennae tes- 

 taceous , the joints often with a dark spot , the club more 

 or less infuscate; each elytron provided with two flavous 

 spots which are surrounded with purplish and of which 

 the posterior one is unvariably placed between the 3rd and 

 7th striae; the situation of the anterior spot, however, 

 is somewhat variable: in most of the specimens before me 

 it is placed between the 3rd and 7th striae , in some 

 others it occupies the space between the 4th and 7th 

 striae , whereas in a few specimens the anterior spot on 

 the left elytron, is situated between the 4th and 7th , on 

 the right one between the 3rd and 7th striae. — Under- 

 neath the head (except the middle of the throat) , the 

 lateral portions of the prosternum and the elytral epipleurae 

 golden green, the rest testaceous; the legs are testaceous 

 with the apex of the femora and the basal portion of the 

 tibiae metallic green ; on the tibia the green colour is 

 slightly prolonged along the outer edge ; the tarsi are dark 

 brown , with the exception of the basal half of the claw- 

 joint which is pale testaceous.- 



Head deeply and densely , almost rugosely punctured , 



1) Notes Leyd. Mus. Vol. XV, 1893, p. 140. 



2) Ann. Mus. Civ. di Genova, vol. XXX, 1891, p. 901. 



3) Notes Leyd. Mus. Vol. XIII, 1891, p. 253. 



4) Notes Leyd. Mus. Vol. XVI, 1894, p. 101. 



Notes from the Leyden ÜMuseum , "Vol. XVI. 



