Anomala//-o?n Southern India. 479 



thorax is extremely finely and sparsely punctured, with a 

 few larger punctures at the sides. The lateral margins are 

 anguUited befoie the middle and the base is subtruncate 

 bet'oie the scutellum, which is very finely and irregularly 

 punctured. The elytra are deeply striated, the stria3 strongly 

 punctuied, the interstices convex, the fifth having only a tew 

 irregular punctures along the middle. The pygidiuin is very 

 sniootii, with minute and scanty punctures. The meso- 

 sternal process is slender, strongly curved and not compressed. 



1 have seen only three males. 



This is the smallest species of this very closely connected 

 group. It is nlmost identical in colouring with A. degenerata, 

 but the pygidium and sides of the pronotum are much more 

 finely punctured. The basal lobe of the thorax is very short 

 and truncate, and may even appear to be almost emarginate 

 when seen at a certain angle. The fifth interstice of the 

 elytra has only an incomplete row of punctures. 



Anomala (^Spilota) oculicolUs, sp. n. 



Saturate viridi-purpurea, metallica, clypei frontisque medio non- 

 uunquam, prothoracis lateribus (puncto elougato ceutrali excepto) 

 liueaque mediana plerumque, elytris (marginibus fascia mediana 

 communi inaculisque indetermiuatis anticis et posticis fuscis 

 exceptis) pygidiique linea mediana flavis, femoribus posticis 

 abdoraineque plus minusve pallidis ; corpore brevi, pygidii 

 lateribus corporeque subtus flavo-pilosis, capite rugoso, pro- 

 thorace, scuteilo pygidioque minute sat parce punctatis ; elytrLs 

 profunde puuctato-striatis ; mesosterno breviter producto. 



Long. 10-iy mm.; lat. max. 6-7'o mm. 



Huh. i\iADUEA: Shembaganur (P. J« i?/-eMi7) ; Trichino- 

 POLI {R. F. J. Castets). 



Deep metallic greenish-purple, with the sides of the pro- 

 notum (with the exception of an elongate spot) and generally 

 a narrow incomplete median line, the elytra (with the excep- 

 tion of the sutural, external, and posterior edges, a common 

 median transverse fascia produced a little forwards at the 

 middle of each elytron, and variable markings near the ante- 

 rior and posterior margins, which are black or dark brown), 

 and a median longitudinal line upon the ])ygidlum pale 

 testaceous. The liind femora, abdomen, and sometimes the 

 tibise are variegated with yellow. 



It is a small compact species, with the prothorax propor- 

 tionally rather long. The clypeus is rather narrow, with the 

 forehead densely punctate-rugose. The pronotum is shining- 

 and very finely and sparsely punctured. The sides are gently 



