80 HELOïA ï;i;.mikiilva. 



impressed punctures which are conjBuent in the stria which 

 accompanies the lateral margin ; the interstices , especially 

 the second which is continued to the apex , are distinctly 

 raised on the apical portion of the elytra which are sub- 

 acute at their apex. The oval yellow spots are situated 

 between the third and seventh striae. 



The prosternum is finely punctured all over, the me- 

 tasternum only on the sides. The middle of the metaster- 

 num as well as the fulvous portion of the femora and the 

 under surface of the abdomen impunctate; the apex of the 

 femora and the tibiae punctured. 



A single specimen , of which the third and following 

 joints of the antennae and the apical segment of the ab- 

 domen are lost. 



Hab. Java (S. Muller). 



2. Helota semifulva , sp. n. 9. 



Length 7,5 mm. — The upper surface of the head, the 

 scutellum , the apical half of the elytra , and the knees of 

 a metallic green color ; the under surface of the head , the 

 mandibles and the club of the antennae black; the tarsi 

 dark brown ; the remaining portions pale fulvous. More- 

 over the prothorax is narrowly margined with metallic 

 green anteriorly and posteriorly , and with black laterally ; 

 the base of the elytra is also narrowly margined with black. 



The head of the same shape as that of the foregoing 

 species; its upper surface finely and rather remotely punct- 

 ured. 



The prothorax depressed, sub-transverse, the sides al- 

 most parallel and hardly rounded, not creuulate; tiie an- 

 terior margin distinctly emarginate , the lateral angles roun- 

 ded and slightly produced; the base deeply bisinuate, the 

 lateral angles acute and slightly bent inwards; the upper 

 surface finely and not closely punctured , with an indistinct 

 impression on the median lobe opposite to the scutellum. 

 The latter transverse, impunctate. 



X^otcB from tlie Ley den IVIuseura, "Vol. HI. 



