130 HELOTA MOUTONII. 



tudinal streak on the basal half in front of the scutellum 

 and a basal patch between the median lobe and the 

 lateral angles. The scutellum is strongly transverse, glossy 

 and impunctate. 



The elytra are distinctly narrowing towards the apices 

 which are broadly and almost conjointly rounded and pro- 

 vided near the suture with two exceedingly minute teeth. 

 Each elytron has ten regular striae of punctures which 

 become larger towards the sides, those of the 7 th and 

 following striae are transverse which makes the interstices 

 between them very narrow; the 1 st to 6 th interstices are 

 covered with an extremely fine punctuation, the 6 th has 

 moreover some large punctures. 



The underside of the head bears large punctures in the 

 middle, on the lateral portions the punctures are smaller 

 and closer together, the throat is impunctate. The sterna 

 are rather densely covered with large punctures, on the 

 middle however they are fine and wide apart. The abdomen 

 is very finely punctured ; the last ventral segment is broadly 

 truncate in a straight line at the end, and the truncation 

 is preceded by a semicircular shallow impression which is 

 extremely finely and densely punctured and pubescent. The 

 apical half of the femora and the entire tibiae are strongly 

 punctured. 



The anterior tibiae are strongly curved just beyond the 

 middle and show at the inner margin of the apical half 

 a regularly rounded curvation ; the intermediate and posterior 

 tibiae are faintly waved. 



Hab. China: Léou-fang (Mouton). — The described male- 

 specimen is in the collection of Mr. René Oberthür. 



Helota indicator, n. sp. cf • 



Very closely allied to Helota Bretaudeaui Rits. '), from 

 Kurseong (Darjeeling), but differing from that species by 



1) Notes Leyd. Mus. Vol. XVI (1894), p. U6. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , Vol. XXV. 



