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elytra with luore oi' less distinct sulphur-yellow powdering ; the 

 scaling not or but slightly metallic. 



Head convex, the scattered punctation hiddem by the dense 

 scaling, tlie rostral furrow sometimes extending narrowly on to 

 the forehead. Bostrum impressed dor.sally in the middle and 

 with a short deep central furrow. Prothorax slightly broader 

 thau long, the sides rounded, broadest about the middle, with 

 shallow confluent punctation above, the intervals coriaceous or 

 obscurely granulate, with a shallow impression on each side 

 behind the midtile and usually with a faint central stria near the 

 base. Elytra narrowly ovate in c? , broader in 5 , with a distinct 

 and rather prominent humeral fold, the basal margin only shghtly 

 raised, the apices with distinct sharp mucros in both sexes, liuely 

 punctato-striate, with a shallow impression on the declivity, the 

 intervals broad, almost plane and of even height, the setne in- 

 conspicuous, tlie declivity not impressed. 



Length, 61-94 mm. ; breadth, 2f-4i mm. 



Maukas : Malabar ; jN'ilgiri Hills, 5000 ft. {H. L. Andretves). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



The following variety appears to occur in company with the 

 ■typical form. 



S. prasinus var. subcostatus, nov. 



Differs from the typical form in having the intervals 3, 5 and 7 

 of the elytra slightly broader and more raised, and the basal 

 margin of the elytra is also somewhat more elevated. 



Madras: jXilgiri Hills, 5000 ft. {Sir O. Eampson, H. L. 

 A ndmves). 



Type S in the British Museum. 



Pronounced examples of this variety appear very different from 

 the typical form, but they certainly grade into one another, and 

 in the case of the oidy d" that I have dissected the genitalia are 

 indistinguishable from those of typical /S'. prasinus. 



121. Sympiezomias praeteritus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with glittering metallic green scaling, the inflexed 

 sides of the prothorax and elytra and the base of the prothorax 

 yellowish ; the green of the elytra sometimes partly replaced by 

 pale fawn scaling (? immature). 



Extremely close to S'. prasinus. Boh., from which it differs in 

 the following characters : — The elytra are slightly more elongate 

 and the basal margin more raised ; the humeral fold is much less 

 developed, beii]g practically absent in the J , while in the $ it 

 does not project beyond the lateral outline of the elytra as seen 

 from above ; the scaling is also characteristic, the scales having 

 flattened, highly polished surfaces which produce a glittering 

 effect that is never seen in S. prasinus ; the dorsal outline of the 

 elytra is a little less convex near the base, and the third interval 



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