228 RUTELIN.E. 



whole of the lower surface of the femora, and often tlie posterior 

 part of the pygidium, 3'ellow, ^^•ith a faint metallic tinge, and the 

 tibiae and tarsi deep metallic green. 



The body is compactly oval, convex and very densely punctured 

 over the whole upper surface. The clypeus and forehead are 

 very deeply and densely punctured, the clypeus broad and nearly 

 straight in the middle. The pronotuiu and sculellum are finely 

 punctured, the punctures very dense on the former and becoming 

 coarser at the sides. The elytra are equally densely and ratlier 

 more coarsely punctured, with slight indications of longitudinal 

 rows of punctures, the marginal membrane being extremely 

 narrow. The pygidium bears moderately close rugulose punctures 

 and very scanty setae, and the metasternum is densely punctured 

 and thinly pubescent at the sides. 



Length, 15-20 mm. ; breadth. 9-11-5 mm. 



Ceylon : Trincomali, Peradeniya, Mamadu and Hiniduma {E. E. 

 Green, March-Nov.), Colombo (7\ B. Fletcher, Jan.), Kelani Valley 

 {W. Brain e). 



Type in the British Museum. 



This species is one of the numerous, very closely similar forms 

 of the " Edchlora " group related to A. perplexa, Hope. It is almost 

 identical in size, shape and coloration with that species, but the 

 membranous margins of the elytra are narrower and the pygidium 

 less hairy. 



240. Anomala perplexa. (Plate II, tig. 4.) 



EucMora perplexa, Hope, Proc. Zool. Soc. ii, ]839, p. 70; id., 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) iv, 1840, p. 348. 



Bright pea-green above, with the lower surface, femora, the 

 lateral margins of the pronotum and tlie posterior part of tlie 

 pygidium orange. The anterior part of the pygidiiun is bright 

 nietalUc green, and the tibiae and tarsi are coppery, the front and 

 middle ones frequently deep coppery-green. 



It is oval, convex "and moderately shining, and the pygidium 

 and sides of the body beneath are clothed with fine soft pale 

 yellow hair. The clypeus is nearly semicircular and finely 

 rugose, and the forehead, vertex and pronotum are densely and 

 deeply punctured, the sides of the pronotum being gently 

 rounded and all its angles rather obtuse. The scutellum is 

 well punctured, and the elytra bear close and deep but unequal- 

 sized punctures, amongst which a few double longitudinal rows 

 are indistinctly visible ; the membranous margin is moderately 

 broad behind. The pygidium is rather coarsely transversely 

 rugose. The sides of the metasternum are densely punctured. 

 The front tibia bears two strong teeth, and the longer claw of 

 the front and middle feet is cleft. 



S . The terminal tooth of the front tibia is rather short and) 

 sharp, and the inner lobe of the inner front claw is strongly 

 angulated at the middle of its lower edge. 



