SPECIES OF THE COLEOPTEROUS GENUS HELOTA. 247 



of the broadly truncate apex where the punctures are closer 

 together. 



Anterior tibiae faintly curved, the inner margin suddenly 

 deeply notched a little beyond the middle, the notch rounded 

 at the bottom ; between the notch and the apex the tibia 

 is widened so as to form a rounded lobe of which the 

 margin is fringed ; the basal joints of the anterior tarsi are 

 slightly widened, and fringed beneath with long colourless 

 hairs; the inner margin of the intermediate and posterior 

 tibiae bears a very minute angular black tooth at a small 

 distance from the apex, and the space between this tooth 

 and the apex is finely pubescent. 



Hab. British Bhotan : Padong (Rev. Fath. L. DUREL). - 

 A single male specimen which is in the collection of Mr. Rene 

 Oberthür at Rennes. 



Helota Boulei n. sp. $. 



A small species which, according to my ,, Synopsis" 1 ), is 

 allied to Helota pusilla OberTH. 2 ) from Darjceling. The new 

 species may be recognized from the allied species (see the 

 following descriptions) by the pale colour of the club of the 

 antennae, by the slender, shallowly notched anterior tibiae 

 and by the untoothed hindtibiae. 



Length 6.5 — 7 mm. — Elongate, shining, above bronze 

 green with coppery tinges ; the antennae pale testaceous, 

 with the apical margin of the joints of the club only infuscate; 

 each elytron provided with two flavous spots which are nar- 

 rowly surrounded with purplish ; the anterior spot is situated 

 between the 4 th and 7 th , the posterior one between the 3 rd 

 and 7 th striae. Underneath : the head (except the middle of 

 the throat), the lateral portions of the prosternum and the 

 elytral epipleurae are golden green, the rest is reddish testa- 

 ceous ; the legs are reddish testaceous, with the apex of the 

 femora and the basal third of the tibiae metallic green, the 

 tarsi pitchy, the base of the claw-joint rufous. 



Head densely covered with punctures which are somewhat 



!) Notes Leyd. Mus. Vol. XIII (1891), p. 223. 

 2 ) Oberthür, Coleopt. Novit. I (1883), p. 60. 



