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apices') which are subacute, and dehiscent at the suture; 

 each elytron with ten regular, punctured striae of which 

 the 4*h and 5^^ are interrupted by the yellow convex spots 

 and are not continued behind the posterior one; the punc- 

 tures in the striae become larger and larger towards the 

 sides , and at the same time the interstices become narrower 

 and alternately more costiform ; the interstice between the 

 2id and S^d striae becomes costiform towards the end and 

 extends on to the extreme tip of the elytra; the punctua- 

 tion on the shoulders is obsolete; the epipleurae are smooth 

 and impunctate. 



Abdomen smooth , with a few minute hair-bearing punc- 

 tures along the middle; the last ventral segment regularly 

 rounded posteriorly. 



The legs are smooth and impunctate, the anterior tibiae 

 slightly curved. 



Helota VandepoUi is at once distinguished from Helota 

 Feae by the colour of the sides of the prothorax, these 

 being bronze green in stead of reddish testaceous. 



Helota b rev is, n. sp. 9- 



Length 8 mm. , breadth at the posterior angles of the 

 prothorax 3 mm. — Broader than any of the other species 

 of the extensive division characterized by the evenly punc- 

 tured pronotum without raised patches. 



Rather dull ; above dark bronze green , with coppery 

 tinges on the front portion of the head and along the in- 

 ner orbits; the middle of the anterior margin of the pro- 

 notum , its whole basal margin , the scutellum , and the 

 basal margin and sutural interstice of the elytra of a bright 

 golden or coppery colour; the antennae dark reddish tes- 

 taceous, the club somewhat lighter, the basal joints with 

 a metallic green hue ; each elytron provided between the 



1) On this spot of the outer margin the described specimen shows on the 

 left side one, on the right side two minute angular notches. 



^Votes from the Leyden Mvuseuiu , Vol. X.III. 



