JRnteli'ne Coleoptera of CeyTon, 357 



striato-punctatis; pj-gidiogrossepiinctato; tibiia anticistridentatis, 

 dente supero obtuso. 

 Long. 12-5-13'5 mm. ; lat. max. G-7 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon : Peradcniya (E. E, Green, Oct. and Nov. 

 1910) ; Travancore (A''. Annandale) : Pallode (20 miles 

 N.E. of Trivandrum), Maddatlioray, Tenmalai (W. slopes of 

 Western Ghats). 



Pale testaceous, with the clypeus and tarsi red, the head, 

 the suture and posterior margins of the elytra, and an oblique 

 mark on each side of the pronotum near the base black. 

 The sutural stripe is generally dilated around the scutellum, 

 and in well-marked individuals there is an additional black 

 mark upon the apical callus of each elytron. In pale 

 specimens the thoracic marks disappear. 



The shape is elongate-oval and the whole body is very 

 smooth and shining, with very scanty hairs beneath. The 

 clypeus is glossy and almost unpunctured, with its sides 

 convergent to the point of flexure, the median carina very 

 sharp, and the rostrum short, with the front margin rouuded. 

 The forehead is finely and closely punctured. The pronotum 

 is broad, convex, moderately finely and closely punctured, 

 and gently rounded at the sides. The scutellum bears a 

 few punctures and the elytra are regularly and moderately 

 strongly striate- punctate, the second row of punctures 

 breaking up in its anterior half. The pygidium is deeply 

 and coarsely punctured, the metasternum coarsely punctured 

 and thinly hairy. The front tibia is tridentate, the upper- 

 most tooth being very obtuse and feeble. The larger claw of 

 the front foot is cleft. 



The extremity of the front tibia is sharper in the male, 

 but the two sexes otherwise differ little. 



This species closely resembles R. sutwalis, Kraatz, but is 

 rather larger and may be easily distinguished by its smooth 

 shining clypeus. 



Anomala chloromela, sp. n. 



Lsete viridis, clypeo, pronoti lateribus, elytrisque pallidioribus, 

 corpore subtiis pedibusque aureo-rufis, metasterni lateribus tibiis- 

 que extus plus minusve viridibus ; late ovalis, convexa, nitida, 

 pectore breviter pubescenti ; clypeo lato, antice fere recto, rugose 

 j)unctato, fronte dense punctate; pronoto sat crebre punctato; 

 scutello paulo punctato ; elytris parum dense aut profunde punc- 

 tatis, anguste membranaceo-marginatis ; pygidio minute irregu- 

 lariter punctato ; metasterni lateribus crebre punctatis, medio 

 polito, mesosterno breviter acute producto. 



Long. 17-18 mm. ; lat. max. 10-10-5 mm. 



Ann. cfc Mag. N. HxsL Ser. 8. Vol. viii. 24 



