ANOMALA. 217 



It is small, shortly oval in shape, almost globose, very smooth 

 aud shining. The head is rugosely punctured, with the clypeus 

 rounded. The pronotum is finely and sparingly punctured, with 

 the lateral margins strongly rounded, the front angles acute, the 

 hind angles obtuse, and the base rounded in a single curve and 

 not margined. The scutellum is short and broad and bears a few 

 fine punctures. The elytra each bear live very deep dorsal striae, 

 containing very large punctures, and the subsutural interval also 

 bears a few very large punctures. The elytra are short and 

 separately rounded at their extremities. The pygidium is rather 

 finely and not closely punctured. Tiie front tibia is armed with 

 two strong teeth, the hind tibia is very short and stout, and the 

 longer claw of the front and middle feet is cleft. 



The darker pigmented parts of the body are deep green iu 

 colour in the male and red in the female, but there may perhaps 

 be exceptions to this rule. 



Lengthy 6 mra.; bi*eadth, 3"5 mm. 



Madras : Nilgiri Hills {H. L. AnJi-ewes), S. Kanara, Nagody, 

 2500 ft. (T. V. Itamakrishna, Sept.) ; Bombay : N. Kanara, Castle 

 Rock {S. Kemp, Oct.). 



222. Anomala anopunctata. 



Anunuila anopunctata, Harm., llandb. Ent. iv, 2, 18o.5, p. oOO. 

 Mimela nigrosellata, Ohaus, Tijds. v. Ent. Ivi, 191, '5, p. 31 (nevr 

 syn.). 



Bright testaceous, smooth and shining, with the head, pronotum 

 and scutellum suffused with a metallic green or coppery lustre ; 

 the head, a broad wavy dark line on each side of the middle line 

 of the pronotum, a broad triangular patch at the base of the 

 elytra, enclosing the scutellum (this and the prothoracic marks 

 often outlined with darker pigment), a short longitudinal mark 

 behind each shoulder, a spot on each side of the base of the 

 pygidium, the extremities of tlie tibia> aud the tarsi red, bi'own 

 or almost black. 



It is shortly ovate and very convex. The clypeus is rugosely 

 punctured, with the margin gently curved and strongly refiexed ; 

 the forehead is strongly and irregularly punctured. The pro- 

 notum and scutellum are closely punctured, the former having 

 the sides regularly rounded, the front angles acute, the hind 

 angles almost obsolete, the base very gently sinuated and not 

 margined. Each elytron bears seven dorsal rows of deep and 

 closely-set punctures, the second vow breaking up at the base 

 into a cluster of irregular punctures ; the membranous margin is 

 rather broad posteriorly. The pygidium is rather coarsely, closely 

 and confluently punctured. The sternum and abdomen are rather 

 strongly punctured and very sctmtily pubescent, and the ])ro- 

 sternum forms a slight process behind the front coxae. The front 

 tibia bears two very strong teeth, the hind tibia is very short and 

 broad, and the longer claw of the front and tuidtlle feet is cleft. 



S . The inner trout claw is dilated and unequally cleft. 



