112 RUTELIN^E. 



with the margin not strongly reflexed, and the forehead is irregu- 

 larly punctured. The pronotum is finely and rather evenly 

 punctured, with the sides rugose, the front angles very sharp and 

 produced, and the hind angles a little rounded. The elytra are 

 finely but distinctly punctured all over, except at the apices, most 

 of the punctures forming longitudinal rows. The pygidium is 

 very finely and scantily punctured. The lower surface is very 

 smooth in the middle, the sides of the metasternum are finely 

 rugose, and those of the hind coxaa and abdomen rugosely punc- 

 tured. The mesosternum is bluntly prominent in the middle, but 

 not produced, and the front tibiae are bidentate. 



c? . The upper tooth of the front tibia is very small. 



Length 17-21 mm. ; breadth, 10-5-12 mm. 



ASSAM : Sylhet ; BHUTAN ; SIKKIM: Mungphu (E. T. Atkinson). 



Type in the Paris Museum. 



This species is exceedingly like M. liorsfiddi in appearance, but 

 differs in many structural points, especially in the not produced 

 mesosternum, bidentate front tibiae, and the evenly punctured 

 pronotum and elytra. 



91. Mimela ohansi. 



Mimela ohausi, Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) i, 1908, p. 243. 



Bright metallic green, very smooth and shining, with a deep 

 blue scutellum and fiery-red patches on the head, each side of the 

 pronotum, the end of the pygidium, the four posterior femora 

 and the sides of the ventral segments, and a discoidal and lateral 

 stripe on each elytron. 



It is a small species of elongate-oval shape. The eyes are large 

 and prominent, the clypeus nearly semicircular, closely and finely 

 rugose, the vertex rugosely punctured, the pronotum and scutellum 

 very thinly and minutely punctured, and the former deeply 

 channelled along the middle, with its sides angulated, scarcely 

 curved, the front angles slightly acute and the hind angles well 

 marked but obtuse. The elytra are very lightly punctured, some 

 of the punctures forming double rows. The pygidium has a few 

 moderately strong punctures. The prosternal process is narrow 

 and not very prominent, and the mesosternum is not produced. 

 The front tibia is strongly bidentate. 



$ . The apical tooth of the front tibia is longer and blunter, 

 and the club of the antenna rather shorter, than in the male. 

 The only female I have seen is a specimen of a deep violet colour 

 in the collection of Dr. Ohaus. 



Length, 14'5 mm. ; breadth, 8 mm. 



ASSAM (E. T. Atkinson) ; TONKIN ; YUNNAN (Ohaus Collection). 



Type in the British Museum. 



This species very closely resembles M. horsfieldi, Hope, in its 

 form, colouring and puncturation, but is generally rather smaller. 

 It is less regularly oval in shape and the prosternal process, 

 mesosternum and front tibiae are quite differently formed. In 



