50 CExoxiiK.'i;. 



15. Macronota flavomaculata. 



MaCTouota flavomaculata, G. Sf P., Monor/r. C'et. 1833, p. 314, pi. G2, 

 fig. 1 ; Burm., Handb. Ent. iii, 1842, p. 322. 



Shining bronze-green, with the femora, tibiaj and elytra red (the 

 latter with an indefinite dark mark common to both), with pale 

 yellow opaque markings consisting of a siuuated oblique line on 

 each side of the prothorax (interrupted in the $ ) and a minute 

 spot in each lateral angulation and the posterior lobe, the sides and 

 apex of the scutellum, two minute lateral spots on each elytron, 

 one befoi*e and the other behind the middle, and two other pairs 

 rather more approximated behind, three spots on the pygidium, 

 the sides of the sternum, and three rows on each side of the 

 abdomen, one above and two beneath. 



The form is short and stout. The ch/peus is rather long and 

 strongly notched in the middle. The protJiorax is distinctly 

 broader than long, coarsely punctured all over and moderately 

 depressed behind. The sides are strongly angulated about the 

 middle, the hind angles right angles and the posterior lobe not 

 very long. The elytra are finely punctured or rugulose and 

 strongly sinuated at the sides. The ler/s are very stout and the 

 front tibia' very strongly 3-toothed. 



The (5 has two narrow yellow lines upon the head and the club 

 of the antenna is long. 



The 2 ^'^s a much shorter antennal club, the yellow markings 

 are less defined and the puncturation is coarser. 



Lou/tJi 15'5-19 mm.; breadth 7"o-10 mm. 



S. India : Madras, Nilgiri Hills (JN'aduvatam, 7000 ft.), 

 Pondichery ; Ceylon {MeVy). 



16. Macronota sericea. 



Macronota sericea, Gestro,* Ann. Mus. Geneva, (2) vi, 1888, p. 116, 

 oj). cit. (2) X, 1891, p. 845. 



Bronze,with red and green reflections, the elytra reddish with, more 

 or less of the central part obscure ; decorated with slight Avhitish 

 markings, consisting of two short lines upon the head, a marginal 

 line on each side ot the prothorax and a median V-shaped mark 

 united to the marginal lines at the front angles (but sometimes 

 absent), a fine line bordering the scutellum, two minute lateral 

 spots (one before and the other beyond tiie middle), and an apical 

 patch on each elytron and a common cluster about the middle of 

 the suture, the sides of the sternum, the hind coxie, and four 

 transverse bands on each side of the abdomen. 



This is a rather long and narrow insect. The head is strongly 

 punctured except upon the frontal carina. The clypetts is 

 moderately long and strongly bilobed in front. The 2->rothoraa' is 

 coarsely punctured, thinly setose at the sides, slightly depressed 



