ANOMALA. 251 



Madras : Shembagamir (F. du Breuil) ; Trichiuopoli {J. 

 Castets). 



Tyiie in the British Museum. 



A. agnella is closely related to A. gemmula, which it resembles 

 in the clothing of whitish hair, bat it is stouter and quite differ- 

 ently coloured, and the sternal process is horizontal. 



271. Anomala oculicollis. 



Anomala oculicollis, Arrow, Ann. Mag, Nat. Hist, (8) viii, 1911, 

 p. 479. 



Deep metallic greenish purple, witli the sides of the pronotum 

 (with the exception of an elongate central spot) and generally a 

 narrow incomplete median line, the elytx'a (with the exception of 

 the sutural, external and posterior edges, a common median trans- 

 verse fascia produced a little forwards at the middle of each 

 elytron and variable markings near the anterior and posterior 

 margins, « hich are black or dark brown), and a median longitu- 

 dinal line upon the pygidium, pale testaceous. The hind femora, 

 abdomen, and sometimes the tibise, are variegated with yellow. 

 It is a small compact species, with the prothorax proportion- 

 ally rather long. The clypeus is rather narrow, 

 with the forehead densely punctate-rugose. 

 The pronotum is shining, and very Unely and 

 sparsely punctured. The sides are gently an- 

 gulated before the middle, nearly parallel 

 behind, the hind angles are right ancrles and 

 the base is scax'cely lobed. The scutellum is 

 minutely punctured, rather short and blunt. 

 The elytx'a are deeply punctate-striate \\ith 

 the subsutural interval broad and generally com- 

 Y\cr 54 —Anomah V^^^^^Yi ^^^ sometimes incompletely, divided 

 " oculicollis. by a line of deep punctures. The pygidium is 



very smooth and shining, with fine and rather 

 scanty punctures. The mesosternal process is short and conical, 

 sometimes very acute, sometimes scarcely produced. The sides of 

 the pygidium and the body beneath are thinly clotlied with rather 

 long yellowish hair. The front tibia is strongly bidentate, the hind 

 tibia stout. 



d . The lower lobe of the inner anterior claw is very broad and 

 sharplv angulated at the middle of the lower edge, and the upper 

 lobe is very small. The club of the antenna is half as long again 

 as in the female. 



Length, 10 13 mm. ; breadth, 6-7*5 mm. 



Madras : Shembaganur (P.'du Breuil), Tricl)inopoli(t/. Castets), 

 Kodaikanal (/. Castets). 



Type in the British Museum. 



This variable species has sometimes a deceptive resemblance to 

 A. madurce which follows, but nuiy always be distinguished by its 



