122 HELOTA ELONGATA. 



godinsi Rits. and pustulata Rits. but easily recognizable 

 from tbese species by its narrow and elongate sbape. 



Length 9 1 / 2 mm. — Subshining; above dark coppery 

 bronze, the scutellum metallic green ; the antennae dark 

 rufous, the first and second joint metallic green, the apical 

 joint infuscate ; the anterior angles of the pronotum fulvous; 

 the elytra provided with four small convex yellow spots, 

 the anterior pair placed between the 4 th and 6 th , the poste- 

 rior pair between the 3 rd and 6 th striae. The colour of the 

 under surface is reddish testaceous, with the exception of 

 the head (without the throat) and the elytral epipleurae 

 which are brassy ; the outer margin of the apical segments 

 of the abdomen is pitchy; the legs are reddish testaceous, 

 with the apex of the femora and the entire tibiae metallic 

 green ; the tarsi are pitchy black, the claw-joint metallic 

 green. 



The head is broad, not strongly produced in front of 

 the eyes, remotely punctured on the slightly raised middle 

 portion, more finely and densely nearer to the eyes, very 

 finely on the narrowed front portion which is very broadly 

 truncate anteriorly. 



Prothorax transverse, slightly narrowing in nearly straight 

 lines from the base as far as two thirds of its length, more 

 strongly narrowed in the apical third ; the lateral margins 

 finely serrulate anteriorly, the front margin slightly curved 

 backwards which makes the anterior angles somewhat pro- 

 minent; the base bisinuate, the lateral angles acute, the 

 median lobe rounded and with a punctiform impression. 

 The pronotum with an impunctate streak in front of the 

 scutellum which streak does not reach the anterior margin, 

 the anterior third being finely and sparsely punctured; at 

 both sides of the impunctate streak the pronotum is not 

 very densely covered with punctures which become larger 

 towards the sides. The scutellum is strongly transverse, 

 broadly rounded posteriorly, glossy and impunctate. 



The elytra parallel, narrowed at the end in slightly 

 concave lines and, as the elytra are dehiscent at the suture, 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, 'Vol. XXV. 



