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.ENIDEA NILGIRIENSIS sp. n. 



Metallic green, antennae black, legs fulvous or black, thorax sub- 

 quadrate, strongly constricted at the base, bifoveolale, elytra very 

 closely punclured, minutely granulale, the base sUghlly raised. 



Mas. Face deeply excavated, Ihe excavation fringed with fulvous 

 hairs. 



Var. Above fulvous witii more or less metallic green gloss. 



Length 7 mill. 



Head broad, the vertex convex, impunctate, antennas extending 

 to the apex of the elytra, black, the basai joint long, curved and 

 thickened at the apex; the second very short, Ihird and following 

 joints very nearly equal, slightly shorter than the first joint, thorax 

 scarcely broader than long, strongly narrowed at the base, the 

 latéral margins straight at the latter place, slightly rounded ante- 

 riorly, the dise deeply foveolately impressed at each side, with a 

 few very fine punctures, scutellum black, elytra wider at the base 

 than the thorax, the basai portion slightly raised, the surface 

 minutely granulate, closely punctured, the punctures posteriorly 

 somewhat separated by feeble longitudinal slightly raised lines, 

 legs fulvous, the tibiae and tarsi black, or the entire legs of this 

 colour. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills. 



Allied to A. armata Baly from Japan, the joints of the antennse 

 however much shorter in that species and the thorax trausverse 

 with a différent dépression at the dise. The female of ^1. nilgirienm 

 has shorter antennse and a normal head but does not otherwise 

 visibly difïer, the colour of the legs is very variable and the gênerai 

 size also varies, the whole upper surface sometimes assumes a 

 fulvous colour more or less with metallic green gloss or the thorax 

 only is of the latter colour. 



MONOLEPTA NILGIRIENSIS sp. n. 



Greenish or testaceous, thorax transverse, sulcate at the sides, 

 spariugly punctured, scutellum black, elytra very minutely and 

 closely punctured, very narrowly margined with black. 



Length 6-7 mill. 



Convex, slightly widened posteriorly, the head impunctate, cly- 

 peus wedge shaped, eyes very large, antennae extending very 

 nearly to the apex of the elytra, black, the lower three joints testa- 

 ceous, first joint elongate, slender at the base, gradually thickened 

 at the apex, second joint one half the length of the third, following 

 joints very slender; thorax twice as broad as long, constricted at the 

 base, and to a less extend at the apex, the dise with a shallow trans- 



