OPLATOCERA. 



10- 



or less concave, sparsely granulated and not extended on to the 

 sides, whence the lateral bauds run straiglit back instead of taking 

 an oblique direction as in the male. Elytra densely and rather 

 strongly punctured ; each with three slightly raisjed longitudinal 

 lines — two dorsal and one lateral. 



Length 15-32 mm. 



Hah. India: Darjeeling, Bombay, ]Mysore, Madras: Ceylon; 

 Assam ; Burma. Siam, Malay Peninsula. Java, Celebes, Philip- 

 pines. Egypt ; Mauritius ; Hawaiian Islands. 



100. Xystrocera festiva, Thorns., Essai Classif. Ceramb. p. 251 (1861) ; 

 Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iii, p. 506 (1869). 



Testaceous red, the antennas black ; the sides of the pro- 

 thorax metallic green or blue and the upper surface of the same 

 colour except over a large median subcordate spot which is 

 testaceous yelloAv ; the elytra testaceous yellow along the inner or 

 sutural half of each, metallic green or blue along the outer 

 half and around the apex ; legs testaceous, the tibias dark 

 brown except at the apex, the femoral peduncles dark brown 

 in their distal half. Antennae nearly twice as long as the bod}^ in 

 the c? 5 barely longer than the body in the $ ; strongly asperate, 

 and more or less denticulate beneath, in the S , less strongly 

 asperate in the $ ; third and fourth joints and the fifth to a less 

 extent dentate beneath at the apex. Disc of prothorax sparsely 

 and subasperately punctate, the prosternum and sides finely 

 and rather densely punctulate ; in the c? , a definite smooth line 

 with a strongly sinuous course forms the boundary between the 

 two differently punctured areas. In the 5 <^^isc of prothorax 

 finely, subasperately punctate, the sides and prosternum sparsely 

 punctate. Elytra distinctly, but not very densely punctate ; 

 each rounded and unarmed at the apex. 



Length 30-38 ; breadth 7-9 mm. 



Hah. Burma : Karenee (Fea). Sumatra ; Java : Borneo. 



Genus OPLATOCERA. 



Oplatocera, White, Cat. Col. B. M., Lonfjic. p. 121 (1853) ; Lacord. 



Gen. Coleopt. viii, p. 231 (1869). 

 Hoplitocera, Gemni. S)- Har. (as an emeudatiou of the name) Cat, 



Col p. 2795 (1872). 



Type, 0. callidioides. White. 



Range. Sikhim and Bhutan. 



Head rather strongly concave bet^^■een the antennal supports ; 

 the latter prominent with their openings facing outwards; eyes 

 moderately large, deeply emarginate in front, slightly sinuate 

 posteriorly ; front moderately large, subvertical, not distinctly 

 marked off from the clyi)eus, anteclypeus rather large, coriaceous 

 near its front border ; mandibles straight at base and almost 



