134 HELOTA PUSTULATA, 
on the narrowed front portion the punctures are very small 
and densely set. 
The prothorax is transverse, slightly narrowing in nearly 
straight lines towards the front margin , the lateral margins 
very indistinctly crenulate, the anterior angles slightly 
prominent, the front margin curved backwards; the base 
bisinuate, the lateral angles acute, the median lobe sub- 
truncate; the upper surface regularly closely covered with 
strong punctures which are slightly more approximate to 
each other towards the sides; an impunctate streak, ex- 
tending on to the front margin, is present in front of the 
scutellum, and is accompanied, on both sides of its base, 
by a distinct impression. The scutellum is strongly trans- 
verse, broadly rounded behind, and impunctate. 
The elytra are subparallel, slightly narrowing in faintly 
curved lines towards the end; in front of the apices the 
sides are very slightly concave and, as the elytra are 
dehiscent at the suture, the apices are narrowly pointed; 
each elytron has ten regular striae of punctures which 
become larger towards the sides; the interstices are very 
finely punctured, and become costate on the apical portion. 
The under surface of the head shows very distinct punc- 
tures which is likewise the case with the sides of the 
prosternum; on the middle of the prosternum and the 
sides of the metasternum the punctures are very fine; the 
middle of the metasternum and the abdomen, as well as 
the elytral epipleurae, are apparently impunctate; the 
apical ventral segment is subtruncate, and provided with 
a broad flattened space in front of the apical margin; the 
metallic apex of the femora is finely and sparsely punc- 
tured; the tibiae are strongly punctured, the anterior pair 
slightly curved. 
Hab. Environs of Pedong in Sikkim (Desgodins). — A 
single female specimen in the collection of Mr. René Oberthiir. 
Helota guttata, n. sp. Q. 
Very closely allied to Helota serratipennis Rits. from 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
