ANOMALA. 3 



flange a little before the middle of the outer margin. The 

 pygidiurn is flat and oblique. 



Length, 14-17 mm. ; breadth, 8-9 mm. 



MADBAS: Coimbatore (T. B. Fletcher, Sept., Oct.), Bangalore, 

 3000 ft.; BOMBAY: Surat (June), Khandesh, Dhulia (June); 

 CENTBAL PBOVINCES : Nagpur (E, A. d'Abreu) ; PUNJAB : Lyall- 

 pur (July), Amballa (July) ; UNITED PBOYINCES : Dehra Dun 

 (Sept.); BENGAL: Pusa (H. M. Lefroy, May, June), Chapra 

 (Mackenzie), Calcutta, Chota Nagpur ; SIKKJM; ASSAM: Sibsagar; 

 ANDAMAN Is. 



Type unknown ; that of A. fraterna in the Halle Museum ; 

 that of A. centralis in Dr. Ohaus' collection. 



This variable insect seems to be almost universal in the plains 

 of India and is constantly attracted by light. I hare received 

 specimens taken on Datura and also on Bhindi flowers. 



A. dorsalis var. (a). 



Testaceous, with the vertex, extreme posterior margin of the 

 pronotum, scutellum (generally), elytral suture, hind tibiae and all 

 the tarsi black. 



BENGAL : Chapra ; MADEAS : Podanur. 



A. dorsalis var. (6) centralis. 



Testaceous, with the vertex, pronotum (except the lateral 

 margins) and the elytra black, the clypeus, hind tibiae and all 

 the tarsi deep red. 



PUNJAB : Simla (Paris Mus.) ; HAIDEEABAD : Secundarabad (A. 

 K. Weld Downing) ; BENGAL : Chota JNagpur (Berl. Ent. Mus.). 



A. dorsalis var. (c) fraterna. 



Chestnut-red with the forehead, the scutellum and a narrow 

 sutural line dark. 



BENGAL : Pusa (H. Maxwell Lcfroy), Maldah ( W. H. Irvine), 

 Khoolna (April) ; CENTRAL PEOVINCES : G-walior ; PUNJAB : 

 Amballa (July). 



SECTION III. 



1 (74) Non-metallic. 



2 (3) Lower surface black ; front tibia bi- [p. 142. 



dentate tramversa, Burm., 



3 (2) Pale-coloured (sometimes partly dark 



above) ; front tibia tridentate, with 

 a few exceptions.* 



4 (39) Longer claw cleft on the middle feet. 



5 (6) Front margin of the clypeus gently 



excised bengalensis, Bl., p. 143. 



6 (5) Front margin of the clypeue not ex- 



cised. 



* A. anchoralis, nigrovaria, tincticeps, nilgirensis, discors, variivestis, ma- 

 dratica, pellucida, and blanchardi. 



