ANOMALA. 235- 



the !<cutellum are very tine, and those of tlie elytra rather un- 

 equally distributed; tliere is a very narrow outer marginal flange, 

 which ends abruptly before reaching the apex, and the membranous 

 margin is narrow. Tlie pygidium is finely granulated. The sides 

 of the metasternum are very densely punctured and clothed with 

 short and rather inconspicuous yellowish silky hair. The front 

 tibia bears two teeth, and the longer claw of the front and middle 

 feet is cleft. 



c5' . The pygidium is densely granulated and rather opaque. 

 The two teeth of the front tibia are short and sharp, and tlie 

 inner front claw is a little dilated. 



5 . The ])ygidium is shining and a little less densely granulated 

 than that of the male, and the terminal tooth of the front tibia 

 is long and curved. 



Length, 27-30 mm. ; breadth, 15*5-18 mm. 



Madkas : Ganjam District, Berhampur [E. T. Atkinson) ; 

 Bengal: iSahibganj ; Assam: ISibsagar {S. E. Peal), (loalpara, 

 kSylhet ; Burma : Moulmein. 



Type in the Oxford Museum. 



252. Anomala rhodomela, sp. uov. (Plate II, tig. 12.) 



Olivaceous green, with a I'osy red suffusion above, the pygidium 

 coppery, the lower surface and the femora metallic green or 

 co])pery, the tibiae and tarsi dark blue. 



Tlie body is \ery convex and globular, smooth and shining 

 above. The clypeus is rather broad, finely rugosely punctured, 

 with the front margin straight iu the middle, the forehead being 

 finely and a little less closely punctured. The pronotum is finely 

 and closely punctured, very shining in the middle, more strongly 

 and densely punctured at the sides ; the lateral margins are 

 gently curved, the front angles right angles and the hind angles 

 blunt. The scntellum bears a few minute punctures, and the 

 elytra are very shining, witli scattered minute punctures and 

 traces of paired lines, which become well marked towards the 

 posterior margins, the membranous margin being narrow and 

 inconspicuous. The pygidium is finely granular and opaque, and 

 the sides of the metasternum are closely punctured and clothed 

 with extremely short pubescence. The front tibia is bidentate, 

 and the longer claw of the front and middle feet is cleft. 



S . The ])ygidium is deeply and densely granular and entirely 

 opaque. 



$ . The pygidium is less deeply sculptured and a little more 

 shining. 



Length, 23-28 mm. ; breadth, 13"5-17 mm. 



AxDAJklAN Is. {Roepstorff, Capt. Wimberleii, E. T. Atlinson), Port 

 Blair {E. H. Man, D. GiglioU, S. Kemp, Feb., March). 



Tgpe in the British Museum ; co-types in the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta, and the Genoa Museum. 



