228 SYNOPSIS OF THE HELOTA-SPECIES. 



i. Length uot quite 7 mm notata. 



Qv c\ \ Boysii. (cf ). 



S3. » 8')^ — 9 mm ] y ' ' 



'~ ldubia.(Q). 



00. Anterior and posterior elytral spots 



betw^een different striae. 



*. Anterior spots between the 4"' and 



1^^, posterior ones between the 3"^ 



and 7'*^ striae pusilla. 



**. Anterior spots between the 3'''^ and 



7"\ posterior ones between the 3"' 



and 8*^'' striae ') culta. 



B. Elytra without flavous spots immaculata. 



II. Base of elytra fulvous, apex metallic green 



or black. 



A. Apical portion of elytra metallic green; 

 pronotum entirely fulvous. (Asiatic species). 



a. Flattened lateral margins of elytra narrow, semifulva. 

 h. » » » » » broad. 



IX,. Tarsi fulvous fulvitarsis. 



(3. » dark pitchy brown difficilis. 



B. Apical portion of elytra black ; pronotum 

 fulvous at the sides , black along the mid- 

 dle. (African species). 



a. Elytral interstices flat. 

 X. Fulvous basal half of elytra with an elon- 

 gate black spot between the 3'''^ and 4"' 



striae africana. 



(3. Fulvous basal half of elytra without black 



spots guineensis. 



h. Elytral interstices alternately costate. . . . costata. 



1) Mr. Sidney Olliff erroneously ascribes eight rows of punctured striae 

 to each elytron. Culia however has, like the other species, ten striae on 

 each elytron. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , Vol. XIII. 



