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280. Anomala rachelae, sp. nov. 



Bright reddish testaceous above, yellow beneath, suffused with 

 a i-ather faint metallic lustre, not perceptible upon the elytra, and 

 decorated above aud beneath with black markings, consisting of a 

 spot on each side of the middle of the pronot3um and a straight 

 oblique lateral line very near the outer margin on each side, a 

 faint narrow lateral border to the scutellum, a shoulder-spot and 

 two very irregular transverse bands upon tlie elytra (the first 

 near the middle and the second very near the hind margins), the 

 entire pvgidium (except a narrow yellow longitudinal median line), 

 and parts of the lower surface and legs, the ventral segments 

 having transverse yellow bars at the sides and the hind femora 

 a large black spot in the middle. 



It is oval in shape, smooth and shining, and only thinly clothed 

 beneath with short pale hair. The head is rugosely punctured, 

 except upon the vertex, where tlie punc- 

 tures are close and strong. The clypeus is 

 transversely rounded and its margin not 

 verv strongly reflexed. The pronotum is 

 rather long, strongly punctured, the punc- 

 tures very coarse and close at the sides and 

 becoming gradually finer and more scat- 

 tered towards the middle ; the sides ap- 

 proach one another from base to front, 

 they are feebly angulated in the middle, 

 the front angles are slightly acute, the hind 

 angles obtuse, and the base is not margined. 

 The scutellum is rather short but acute and 

 bears scattered punctures. The elytra bear 

 six very deep dorsal striaB, which are very 

 finely punctured, the intervals are strongly convex, and the lateral 

 striae are very coarsely punctured. The pygidium is strongly 

 punctured. The mesosternum bears a very acute, rather com- 

 pressed aud strongly curved process. The legs are rather short, 

 the front tibia armed with two strong but not sharp teeth, the 

 hind tibia stout and a little contracted at the end, and the longer 

 claw cleft on the front aud middle feet. 



S ■ Tlie body is shorter, the front tarsi are a little contracted, 

 and the inner front claw is strongly and angularly dilated. 

 Lengtli, 13-14 mm. ; breadth, 7"5 mm. 



Burma: Karen Hills, 2700-3300 ft. (Z. Fea, Dec), Bhamo 

 {F. M. Mackwood, April). 



Type ( (5 ) in the British Museum ; co-type ( $ ) in the Genoa 

 Museum. 



This is very nearly related to the Malayan A. wallandi, Cand., 

 but much more strongly punctured and striated. It is named in 

 commemoration of the assistance given me by my wife in the 

 preparation of this volume. 



Fig. 5.3. — Anomala 

 rachelce. 



