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6 (9) [lind legs not extremely massive ; pro- 



notum not strongly attenuated in 

 front. 



7 (8) Base of the pronotiim completely mar- 



gined Section III, p. 137. 



8 (7) Base of tlie pronotum not completely 



margined Section IV, p. 1 99. 



9 (6) Hind legs extrensely massive ; pronotum 



strongly attenuated in front Section V, p. 237. 



10 (1) Mesosternum produced between tlie 



middle coxae Section VI, p. 239. 



Section I. 



The stoutly-built abdomen and very short elytra, the uniformly 

 rounded base of the pronotum, and still more the curious shape 

 of the clypeus of the male, ^ive the small species allied to 

 A. tenella, Bl., and A. hindn, Hell., a ])eculiar aspect, and have led 

 to their being formed into a separate genus, Singhala. I have 

 not been able to adopt this, however, for no substantial differ- 

 ential characters can be found for it, except the sexual features 

 in the clypeus of the male and the elytral dilatation of the female, 

 both of which recur in Anomnlo doi'salix, F. (constituting 

 Section II), to which, in spite of ifs very different size and 

 shape, these little species seem to show an interesting relation- 

 ship. A. dorsalis, F., however, cannot naturally be dissociated 

 from the dull-coloured group of Anomalas with three-toothed 

 front tibiae forming part of Section III, and its points of differ- 

 ence from the Siaghala group are as important as its ]3oints of 

 similarity. 



Key to the Species. 



1 (4) Not metallic. 



2 (3) Pronotum densely punctured hiiidii, Hell., p. 1;>1. 



3 (2) Pronotum not densely punctured .... helleri, Oil., p. 132. 



4 (1) Metallic. 



■5 (6) Clypeus rugose ; pronotum closely 



punctured tenella, Bl., p. 133. 



G {h\ Clypeus separately punctured ; pro- 

 notum sparsely punctured. 



7 (8) Body narrowly oval polymorpltd, Arr., p. 134. 



8 (7) Body broadly oval rubusta, Oh., p. 135, 



112. Anomala liindii. 



Singhala hindu, Heller,* Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1891, p. 291. 



Blood-red, witli the forehead and vertex of the head black, and 

 frequently also with a dark patch upon the pronotum behiucl the 

 head ; or with the whole discoidal part of the pronotum and parts 

 of the outer margins of the elytra black ; or entirely black, except 

 the femora and narrow lateral margins to the prothorax. 



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