158 New genera and new species of Halticide. 
and irregularly punctate, bright metallic green, with a transverse 
band at the base, another at the middle, and a spot near the apex, 
purplish. 
Var. (?). Antenne and legs pale fulvous. Length, 13—2 lines. 
Rather widened posteriorly. The head convex, metallic green, 
impunctate, the frontal tubercles narrowly transverse, bounded by 
a deep groove behind, clypeus triangularly thickened, labrum and 
jaws black; antenne extending to about the middle of the elytra, 
the basal joints more or less obscure fulvous, the intermediate 
joints fuscous or black ; thorax transverselyZconvex, at least twice 
as broad as long, the sides rather rounded, the angles acute, the 
surface scarcely perceptibly punctured, bright metallic green; 
scutellum triangular, purplish; elytra with a deep depression 
below the base, strongly punctured within this depression, the 
rest of the surface less strongly but closely punctate, the purplish 
bands regular, narrow, but not quite extending to either margin, 
the subapical spot rather small. 
Hab. India, Neilgherries. 
Tt is possible that the variety from South India really 
represents a closely allied species, as the thorax is finely 
granulate, more distinctly punctured, and shows an 
obsolete transverse depression; the antenne and legs 
are also fulvous, but there is no further difference. 
