MIMELA. 109 



cJ . The inner division of the inner tarsal claw is very broad, 

 and the outer division very miniits. The club of the antenna is 

 as long as the footstalk. 



Length, 19 mm. ; breadth, 11 mm. 



Assam : Manipur ( W. DoherUj), Naga Hills, Kohima, 4000- 

 5000 ft. (//. C. T,jthr); Bubma : Kuby Mines {W. Dohertii), 

 Maymyo (C. RoJgers, Oct.). 



Tiqje in Dr. Ohaus' collection. 



The colour, subopaque surface and form of the prosternal 

 process of this species are all highly distinctive. 



86. Mimela sericea. 



Mimela sericea, Ohaus,* Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1905, p. 88. 



Deep green above and orange-brown beneath, with a slight 

 metallic lustre, especially at the sides, the femora orange and the 

 tibiae and tarsi coppery. 



The body is rather flat, ovate and broad behind. The whole 

 upper surface (with the pygidium) is granular and opaque, and 

 the outer face of the tibiae is similarly, but rather less finely 

 granular or rugose. Each elytron has an inconspicuous stripe, a 

 little more shining than the remaining surface, running parallel 

 with the outer margin from the shoulder to the outer part of the 

 apical edge, and defined by a line of punctures on each side. The 

 clypeus is broad and continuously rounded, and the eyes are rather 

 small and far apart. The pronotum is short, with the front 

 angles very sharp and tiie hind angles well marked. The meta- 

 sternum is smooth in the middle and very finelv rugose at the 

 sides, where there is an exceedingly fine and scarcely perceptible 

 grey pubescence. The abdomen is finely and irregularly punc- 

 tured, rather rugosely at the sides. The mesosternum is not 

 produced, and the front tibia is distinctly bidentate. 



Length, 16-20 mm.; breadth, 9-5-11-5 mm. 



SiKKiM : Singla, Darjiliug District, 1500 ft. (.Tune — Ind. 

 Mus.) ; Nepal. 



Type in Dr. Ohaus' collection. 



87. Mimela pyriformis. 



Mimela pyriformis, Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) i, 1908 

 p. 216. ' 



Metallic green, only slightly shining, with the outer margins of 

 the clvpeus, prothorax and elytra, the lower surface, legs and 

 antennae, testaceous, with a greenish-golden reflection. 



It is moderately elongate and convex and very broad behind. 

 The head is large, with the eyes small and wide apart, the clypeus 

 broadly rounded and densely rugose, and the forehead and vertex 

 densely and confluently punctured. The pronotum is very densely 

 punctured, with its sides rather feebly rounded, the front angles 

 acute and the hind angles well marked but obtuse. The scuteUum 



