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Additional Notes on the genus Helota, MacLeajj, and a Sij- 

 nonymic List of the described species ; by A. Sidney Ollikf. 



Since the publicatiou of my synopsis of the genus Helota in 

 the last part of this Journal [ante p. 51), I have received through 

 the kindness of M. Kene Oberthiir, an advance sheet of his 

 '' Coleopterorum Novitates," containing descriptions of three new 

 Indian species of Helota; two from Darjeeling, and one of 

 which the precise locality is not known. Upon receipt of this 

 paper I wrote to ]\I. Oberthiir, asking if he could send me 

 specimens of his species for examination, and he has most 

 tiourteously replied to my request by forwarding the types of 

 the three species described by him, as well as typical examples 

 of Helota gemmata from Japan, //. girhami from China, col- 

 lected by M. David, and H. fervillei and H. semifulva from 

 Darjeeling, for comparison with the series of those species in 

 my own possession. The result of the examination of these 

 specimens is recorded in the following notes. 



I take this opportunity of thanking Mr. C. Ritsema, of 

 Leyden, for kindly communicating an example of the interest- 

 ing nondescript species characterized below, and a specimen of 

 his Helota ocellata, only known to me from description. 



Helota laevigata and //. pusilla will be figured in the forth- 

 coming part of Mr. Waterhouse's " Aid to the Identification of 

 Insects," and H. se^nifulva at some future date. 



Helota scintillans, n. sp. $ 



Closely allied to Helota vigorsi, ]\IacLeay ; slightly more 

 convex ; the head l)roader l)etweeu the eyes, much more closely 

 punctured especially near the sides ; antennas entirely reddish- 

 testaceous ; prothorax much more strongly punctured, the 

 punctures closer and more irregular near the sides, the elevations 

 nt)t so highly polished, the posterior angles slightly more pro- 

 minent ; elytra more strongly punctate-striate, especially the 

 dorsal lines, the interstices more raised, the ajjical emargiuatiou 



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