254 rutelinjE. 



is rather closely and strongly punctured. The mesosterual pro- 

 cess is extremely slender and sharp, not compressed, nor strongly 

 curved. The metasternum is closely punctured at the sides and 

 clothed with tawny hair. The front tibia is sharply bidentate, 

 the hind tibia rather stout, and the longer claw of the front and 

 middle feet cleft. 



cJ . The lower lobe of the inner front claw is dilated and 

 obtusely angulated. 



Length, 11-13 mm. ; breadth, 6-7"5 mm. 



Madkas : ISTilgiri Hills {Sir G. F. Hampson). 



This differs from all the allied species in having the scutellum 

 pale and a broad median yellow stripe upon the prouotum com- 

 pletely dividing the dark colour into two longitudinal patches. 

 The sides of the pronotum and the pygidium are also moi'e 

 coarsely punctured than in the other species. The mesosternal 

 process is exceedingly acute and slender. 



275. Anomala degenerata. (Plate IV, figs. 12 & 13.) 



Anomala {Spilota) degenerata, Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) viii, 

 1911, p. 476. 



Pale testaceous, entirely suffused with a metallic green lustre 

 and decorated with dark green markings disposed as follows : — 

 a patch on the vertex of the head, a broad median patch on the 

 pronotum, extending from front to hind margin, and sometimes 

 an incomplete narrow pale median line, the sides or the whole 

 of the scutellum, a vague zigzag stripe near the extremity of the 

 elytra, and sometimes still vaguer anterior patches near the suture, 

 and a large oval spot on each side of the pygidium. The dorsal 

 segments of the abdomen are striped with black, and the tarsi are 

 dark. 



The form is rather broadly ovate. The clypeus and forehead 

 are densely punctate-rugose. The pronotum is very shining and 

 finely punctured, more strongly and a little more closely at the 

 sides, the lateral margins are feebly angulated before the middle, 

 the front and hind angles are sharp, and the base is gently lobed 

 in the middle. The scutellum is very minutely punctured. The 

 elytra are deeply striated, the striae closely punctured, the intervals 

 convex, the fifth divided by an almost continuous row of closely- 

 set punctures. The pygidium is moderately punctured. The 

 mesosternal process is slender and acute, not compi'essed, nor 

 strongly curved. The sides of the metasternum are closely punc- 

 tured and thinly clothed with yellow hair. The front tiljia is 

 sharply bidentate, the hind tibia moderately long, and the longer 

 claw of the front and middle feet cleft. 



J . The lower lobe of the front inner claw is dilated and 

 sharply angulated. 



Length, 18 mm.; breadth, 7"5 mm. 



Madras : Shembaganur, Madura district (P. du Breuil). 



Type in the British Museum. 



