110 ON THE GENUS HELOTA. 



Finally it will be, i believe, not without interest to 

 give here a copy of the descriptions of Helota Thibetana 

 Westw. and Mellii Westw. , names which , undoubtedly , 

 are given to one and the same species, which, besides 

 africana, is the only one I have not yet seen. 



Helota Thibetana Westw. Ann. & Mag. of Nat. Hist. 

 VIIT (1841) p. 123: 



Aenea, lateribus cupreo-tinctis , valde rugosa et punctata 

 tuberculisque oblongis distincta, elytris guttis 4 elevatis 

 fulvis, anteunis piceo-luteis , femoribus fulvis, apicibus 

 aeneis, tibiis fulvo piceoque annulatis. Long. corp. lin. 

 4. — Habitat Thibet. Mus. Melly. 



Helota Mellii Westw. Cabin, of Orient. Entom. (1848) 

 p. 86; pi. 41, fig. 8: 



Helota, supra aenea, lateribus cupreis , punctata et ru- 

 gosa, tuberculisque elevatis elongatis nitidis, strias longi- 

 tudiuales in elytris formantibus, his etiam maculis 4 ele- 

 vatis fulvis distinctis; antennis piceo-flavis ; femoribus fulvis , 

 apice viridibus ; tibiis alternatim fulvis et piceis ; tarsis pi- 

 ceis, dimidio basali articuli ultimi fulvo; corpore subtus 

 pallide fulvo; capite (nisi in medio collaris) et lateribus 

 thoracis viridibus et punctatis. 



Helota, with the upper surface of the body brassy, the 

 sides copper-coloured; punctured and rugose; and with ele- 

 vated elongated shining tubercles which form longitudinal 

 striae on the elytra; the latter also marked with four rai- 

 sed fulvous round spots; thighs fulvous, with the tips 

 green; tibiae alternately fulvous and pitchy; tarsi pitchy, 

 basal half of the terminal joint of the tarsi fulvous; body 

 beneath pale fulvous; the head, except in the middle of 

 the neck , and the sides of the thorax green and punctured. 



Length of the insect, 4 1 / 3 lines. Inhabits Sitnlah , in 

 Thibet '). In the Collection of A. Melly , Esq. 



1) It is certainly by mistake that Prof. Westwood 9ays „Simlah in Thibet". 

 Simlah is situated in the Province Punjab (N.W. Hindostan). 



JSotes from the Leyden Museum , Vol. XI. 



