ANOMAtiA. 135 



shining, with the sides and base gently rounded, the latter very 

 narrowly margined and the hind angles obsolete. The scutellum 

 is distinctly punctured, and the elytra bear rows of rather close 

 strong punctures. The pygidium is strongly and moderately 

 closely, the metasternum very coarsely, and the abdomen rather 

 strongly, punctured. The front tibia is strongly bidentate and 

 the longer claw of the front and middle feet cleft. 



Length, 7-5-8 mm. ; breadth, 4 mm. 



MA.DEAS : Nilgiri Hills (H.L. Andrew e$) ; Sanivarsandai, Coorg, 

 4000 ft. (T. V. Ramakrishna, April). 



Type in the British Museum. 



116. Anomala robusta. 



Singhala robusta, Ohaus. 



Testaceous, with the forehead and vertex, the pronotum (except 

 a fine marginal line), the extreme edges of the elytra (the lateral 

 margins a little more widelv), and the tarsi black, with a slight 

 metallic lustre ; or entirely bluish- or greenish-black. 



It is oval in shape, dilated beyond the shoulders, and very 

 smooth and shining. The head is finely, 

 but not densely punctured, and the pro- 

 notutn very finely, but a little more 

 strongly towards the sides. The lateral 

 margins of the latter are strongly rounded, 

 the front angles scarcely acute, the hind 

 angles very blunt, and the base gently 

 rounded and not completely margined. 

 </ m^jjrA The scutellum is finely punctured, and the 

 it ^^fr fit elytra are dilated laterally in the anterior 

 \ part and bear moderately close but rather 

 W- car irregular lines of strongly impressed punc- 



Fig. 31. Anomala tures, fhe subsutural interval broad and 

 robusta, tf. irregularly punctured anteriorly. The py- 



gidium is moderately coarsely and closely 



pitted. The front tibia is bidentate, the hind tibia moderately 

 stout, and the longer claw of the front and middle feet cleft. 



cJ . The clypeus is a little produced, with a broad, nearly 

 straight, laterally dilated and strongly reflexed front edge and 

 sharp angles. The legs are stout, the teeth of the front tibia 

 very sharp, the front tarsus thick and the inner front claw 

 broadly dilated. 



$ . The clypeus is entirely rounded : the lateral margins of 

 the elytra are a little thickened behind the shoulders ; the ter- 

 minal tooth of the front tibia is long and blunt, and the hind 

 tibia is a little dilated at the end. 

 Length, 8-9 mm. ; breadth, 5 mm. 

 MADEAS : Travancore. 



The male specimen is pale, with dark markings, and the female 

 entirely dark, but it is possible that the coloration is inconstant. 



