SPILOTA KEILI. 1570 
NOTE XXIV. 
A NEW SPECIES OF THE RUTELID GENUS SPILOTA 
DESCRIBED BY 
C. RITSEMA Cz. 
Spilota Keili, n. sp. 
Calling in mind Spilota irrorella Casteln., but more ro- 
bust and at once distinguished from that species by the 
different coloration (the head, pronotum, scutellum and 
pygidium being green with the clypeus, the lateral margins 
of the pronotum and two apical spots on the pygidium yel- 
lowish), and by the different sculpture of the elytra, these 
being regularly and deeply punctato-striate. 
Length 18,5 mm.— Above: the head, pronotum, scutel- 
lum and pygidium green, the clypeus, the lateral margins 
of the pronotum and two apical spots on the pygidium 
yellow with a green tinge, the elytra ochreous, sprinkled 
with small brown dots which are more or less confluent 
especially in a transverse direction, thus forming on the 
sides short and narrow transverse bands; the abdominal 
segments show laterally, as far as they are not covered 
by the elytra, a triangular dark brown spot. Beneath: 
pale yellow with a metallic green tinge; the antennae pale 
brown, the apex of the anterior tibiae, the spines of the 
legs and the posterior tarsi dark coppery, the anterior and 
intermediate tarsi with a coppery tinge; the sterna, coxae 
and femora are covered with long colourless or pale yellow 
hairs. 
The head is covered with very distinct punctures which 
are larger and closer together on the clypeus; the sides 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
