ANOMALA. 155 



134. Anomala nilgirensis, sp. nor. 



Pale testaceous yellow, with the head and tarsi dark red, and a 

 triangular patch on each side of the ])ronotum (the two patches 

 frequently coalescing), the edges of the scutellum and elytra, a 

 spot on tlie humeral callus and another on the apical callus, 

 black. 



This closely I'eseiubles ^-1. varicohr, and perhaps varies to a 

 similar extent in its colouring. In its form and sculpture, as in 

 marking, ir. is almost the same, but it is rather more elongate, 

 there is no trace of a third tooth upon the front tibia, and the 

 pygidium is closely, sometimes rugosely, punctured. The dark 

 marks upon the pronotum, which in ^4. varicohr rarely if ever 

 extend to the base, in A. nilgirensis send backwards a pointed 

 process which may reach the hind margin. 



Length, 15-16 mm. ; breadth, 8'5 mm. 



Madras: Nilgiri Hills {H. L. Andretves). 



Tgpe in tlie British Museum. 



135. Anomala discors. 



RhinopUa discors, Karsch, Berl. Eut. Zeits. 1882, p. 387. 



Pale yellow in colour, with the head and tarsi red, and a spot 

 or patch on each side of the pronotum and the extremities ot the 

 tibicE brown. The humeral callus is usually also dark, aud some- 

 times a vaguely darkened area extends backwards from it towards 

 the ends of the elytra. 



It is a small, oval aud compact insect, smooth and shining, with 

 only a very scanty clothing of pale hairs at the sides of tlie meta- 

 sternum. The head is densely and finely rugose, except on the 

 vertex, where it is closely punctured. The clypeus is broadly 

 rounded. The pronotmn is finely aud moderately closely punc- 

 tured, strongly and evenly rounded at the sides, narrowed iu 

 front, finely margined at the base, with the front angles not 

 sharp and the hind ones very blunt. The scutellum is finely 

 punctured, and the elytra are deeply punctate-striate, the sub- 

 sutural interval bi'oad and having a punctured stria similar to the 

 rest, but disrupted in front and abbreviated behind. The pygidium 

 is moderately punctured, and the metasternum densely at the sides 

 and sparsely iu the middle. The front tibia bears two strong 

 teeth and the hind tibia is broad at its extremity. The longer 

 claw of the front and middle feet is cleft. 



d. The dark markings are generall}" more developed than in 

 the female, the club of the antenna is longer, and the lower lobe of 

 the inner front claw a little dilated, 



Length, 10-11 mm. ; breadth, 6-6"5 mm. 



Ceylon: Trincomali {C. F. S. Baker), Nilaveli (C F.S. Baker, 

 Sept.). 



Type in the Berlin lioyal jNIuseum. 



