HEI.OTA VENTRALIS. 251 



NOTE XL. 



FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE 

 OF THE HELOTA-SPECIES OF BURMA ') 



C. RITSEMA. Cz. 



Mr. Rene Oberthiir of Rennes again sent me for identi- 

 fication four ^eZo^a-specimens from Upper-Burma , collected 

 by Mr. Doherty in the neighbourhood of the » Mines des 

 Rubis" at an elevation of 1200 — 2300 meter above the 

 level of the sea. 



These specimens belong to three species of which two 

 are new to science ; the third species , Helota notata Rits. *), 

 was represented by a female specimen which is now in 

 the collection of the Ley den Museum. 



Helota ventralis , n. sp. 9* 



This species is closely allied to and strongly resembles 

 Helota Kolbei Rits. ^) from China , but is at once distinguished 

 from it by the colour of the abdomen , this being bright 

 coloured all over , not darker along the middle , by the 

 bright colour of the femora, and by the less prolonged 

 apices of the elytra. 



Length 17 — 18 mm. — The entire upper surface bronze 

 coloured , here and there with coppery and purple tinges ; 



1) Ann. Mus. Civ. di Genova, Vol. XXX (1891), pp. 885 and 89 



2) Ann. Mus. Civ. di Genova, Vol. XXX (1891), p. 900. 



3) Notes Leyd. Mus. Vol. XI (1889), p. 103. 



Notes from the Leyden IVIuseum , Vol. !?dll. 



