94 CETONiix.i:. 



Var. Corvpliocera fulgidissima, Kanu.,^' Notes Leyd. Mus. 1891, 

 p. 182. ' 



Emerald green, blue, fiery red (var. fidf/idissima), indigo, or black 

 (var. anthracina), with the sides ot" the hind coxa" orange and the 

 antennte, legs, the sutural margins of the elytra posteriorly and 

 the apical call) black (generally also the humeral calli, but less 

 distinctly). 



The form is elongate oval, with the surface very sniooth and 

 moderately convex above. The clypens is sparingly punctured, 

 quadrate and parallel-sided, with the front margin straight, 

 fitrongly recurved, and broadly toothed in the middle, the tooth 

 minutely notched, and the forehead furnished with a lobed 

 longitudinal carina. The prothorax is rather narrow in front 

 and feebly punctured at the sides alone. The scutellmn is 

 unpunctured, and the eli/ira are almost smooth at the sides and 

 apices, with vestiges of seriate piincturation on the disc. The 

 lateral margins are only feebly sinuated. The ^;?/r//r//;(}» is 

 coarsely strigose transversely and the metasternum and abdomen ai"o 

 very sparingly punctured. The sternal j^foccss is narrow, curved 

 and blunt. The middle and hind tihice are fringed in both sexes. 



cJ . The front tibia? are unarmed, the hind tibia? bear a tuft of 

 long hairs near the extremity, the hind tarsi are longer than those 

 of the female, and the abdomen is deeply channelled beneath. 



Length 21-28 mm. ; breadth 10-14 min. 



Bengal: Chapra, Maldah, Chota jS'ag-pur; Maueas : Mysore, 

 Trichinopoli, Nilgiri Hills ; Cetlox. 



Ti/j^e in the British Museum ; that of co.ralis in the Paris 

 Museum ; of var. anthracina at Oxford and of var. fidr/idissirna 

 in coll. Janson. 



Westwood's description and figures are taken not only from the 

 true B, elecjans, F., but also from H. micans, Gui'r. and J/, sinuato- 

 collis, Schaum, which he did not distinguish from tlie present 

 species. 



H. eler/ans is distinguishable from all other Indian species of 

 the genus by its extremely glossy surface, as well as by the black 

 spot near the end of each elytron. The latter varies greatly in 

 size but is rarely very small and sometimes forms a large irregular 

 patch. In the great series in M. Oberthiir's collection are 

 examples from Chota Nagpur in which the black pigmentation is 

 considerably developed. The apical patch is large, there is a well- 

 mai'ked huuienil spot, the sutural stripe is broad and the 

 scutellum is com])letely surrounded with black, while vague dark 

 markings are distributed over the ])ronotuin. 



6n. Heterorrhina planata, sp. n. 



Uniform bright shining green, with the sides of the hind coxa? 

 orange, and the antenna; and tarsi black. 



It is a large species, flattened above and moderately elongate. 

 The clypius is quadrate, broader than it is long, M'ith the front 

 margiu straight and reflexed and armed with a broad notched 



