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Cl03ely allied to A. rufofulva Jac. also from India but diatin- 

 guished by the structure of the facial ridge in the maie which is 

 longitudinally raised instead of horizontally as in the allied species, 

 the under side also is in some spécimens nearly black or at least 

 stained with piceous; the last abdominal segment in the maie has a 

 slight incision at the side of the médian lobe, the lalter is of trans- 

 verse shape; the female has a normally structured head ; the female 

 of the présent species can scarcely be distinguished from A. rufo- 

 fulva except by the black under side and generally smaller size. 



^NIDEA LATIFRONS sp. n. 



Metlallic green, antennse and legs fulvous, tarsi fuscous, thorax 

 deeply transversely sulcate, elytra rather closely punctured, depres- 

 sed below the base and below the middle. 



Mas. The anterior portion of Ihe head fulvous, the clypeus deeply 

 excavated. 



Fem. Head metallic, of normal structure. 



Length51/2-6 mill. 



Mas. Head transverse, broader than the thorax at the base, the 

 vertex cupreous, remotely punctured, the frontal élévations trans- 

 verse, strongly raised, fulvous, clypeus deeply excavated, the sides 

 raised in shape of a ridge and furnished with a row of hairs, the 

 base of the excavation with an elongate tubercle, ail thèse parts 

 piceous, but the sides of the head metallic green, antennee very 

 slender, the first joint elongate and thickened, its apex truncate, 

 the second extremely small, third and following joints very elongate 

 and slender, furnished with a fringe of hairs; thorax nearly twice 

 as broad as long, the sides constricted at the base, subangulately 

 rounded before the middle, the surface transversely sulcate, the 

 sulcus interrupted at the sides where it is foveolately impressed, 

 the surface minutely granulate and scarcely perceptibly punctured, 

 scutellum triangular, elytra closely and semiregularly punctured, 

 transversely depressed below the base and below the middle, the 

 interstices feebly longitudinally costate, the surface, like that of 

 the thorax, metallic green, under side similarly coloured, the sides 

 of the breast more or less cupreous, legs fulvous, the apex of the 

 tibise and the tarsi obscure fuscous; metatarsus of posterior legs 

 elongate, anterior coxal cavities closed. 



Hah. Anamalais. May by beating. 



The colour of the upper surface is sometimes entirely cuprepus, 

 the species is well distinguished by its metallic coloration and the 

 two elytral dépressions. A. longicornis Jac. is of similar coloration 

 but has shorter and thick joints of the antennse and the elytral 

 punctuation is différent, it is also a smaller insect. 



