HELOTA OCELLA.TA. 79 



NOTE XXI. 



TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE COLEOPTEROUS GENUS 

 HELOTA, MAC LEAY. 



DESCRIBED BY 



C. RITSEMA Cz. 



1 . Helota ocellata , sp. n. 



Length 7,5 mm. — The head and mandibles, the up- 

 per surface of the prothorax , the scutellum , the elytra , 

 the apex of the femora , and the tibiae and tarsi of a gol- 

 den green with coppery tinges: the remaining portions as 

 well as two raised oval spots on each elytron pale fulvous. 



The head depressed, inconspicuously elevated in the 

 middle, less produced anteriorly than in Vigorsii Mc Leay, 

 SeroilUi Hope , gemmata Gorh. etc. ; upper surface closely 

 and finely punctured, the punctures on the middle of the 

 space between the eyes larger. 



The prothorax regularly convex , transverse , widest at 

 the base which is deeply bisinuated and has the lateral 

 angles acute and slightly divergent ; the lateral margins 

 crenulate , the anterior margin slightly emarginate , its la- 

 teral angles not produced; the upper surface covered with 

 strong punctures with the exception of a longitudinal line 

 on the middle of the basal half which is impunctate. The 

 scutellum transverse , impunctate. 



Each elytron is provided with ten regular striae of deeply 

 NotBm from tbe Ueydeo IVfuseuxui, Vol. III. 



