118 HELOTA BRETAUDEAUI. 



The apical ventral segment truncate posteriorly. The elytra 

 not prolonged at the end , the apices truncate between the 

 3rd interstice and the suture. 



9- Legs simple , the apical ventral segment truncate 

 posteriorly , somewhat more narrowly however than in the 

 male. The elytra slightly prolonged , the apices narrower 

 than in the male , and more or less obliquely truncate 

 between the 3rd interstice and the suture. 



Several examples of both sexes. 



Obs. The specimens from Kurseong (Braet) , Pedong (Des- 

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

 doubt as the female sex of Helota Boy si Rits. \), belong to 

 Helota Bretaudeaui Rits. 



In a lot of Beetles from Pedong (Desgodins) Mr. Ober- 

 thür found a male example of Helota pustulata Rits. This 

 sex differs from the female, which has been described by 

 me in the Notes from the Leyden Museum, vol. XV, 1893, 

 p. 133, in having very strongly curved anterior tibiae, 

 and narrowly , conjointly rounded apices to the elytra. 



Leyden Museum, December 1893. 



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



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum , Vol. XV'I. 



