188 RUTELllTE. 



margin gently excised in the middle and not strongly reflexed. 

 The pronotum is rather strongly punctured, more strongly at the 

 sides, with the lateral margins regularly rounded, the front angles 

 slightly acute, the hind angles almost obsolete and the base finely 

 margined. The scutellum is finely punctured and the elytra bear 

 seven dorsal rows of strongly impressed punctures, the second 

 row disrupted iu front and the fifth becoming incomplete behind. 

 The pygidium is rather coarsely and confluently punctured. The 

 prosternum forms a short pointed process behind the front coxae. 

 The sides of the metasternum are rather closely punctured and 

 clothed with thin short yellow hair. The front tibia is armed 

 with two strong sharp teeth, the hind tibia is very short and 

 broad, and the longer claw is cleft on the front and middle feet. 



c? . The inner front claw is broad and unequally cleft. 



Length, 10 mm.; breadth, 5-5 mm. 



BURMA: Paungde (G. Q. Corbett), Shenmaga (L. Feet). 



Type in the British Museum. 



185. Anomala decipiens, sp. nov. (Plate III, figs. 27, 34.) 

 Testaceous, with the head, the pronotum (except broad lateral 



margins and sometimes a narrow median line), the anterior part 

 of the elytral suture, the extremities of the tibiae and the tarsi 

 red, or brown, the head, pronotum and scutellum suffused with a 

 greenish metallic lustre. 



It is small, oval, smooth and shining. The head is rugose, 

 with the clypeal margin uniformly curved and strongly reflexed. 

 The pronotum is rather strongly punctured, with the lateral 

 margins regularly rounded, the front angles slightly acute, the 

 hind angles rounded and the base finely margined. The scutellum 

 is finely punctured, and the elytra bear seven dorsal rows of 

 strongly impressed punctures, the second row disrupted in front. 

 The pygidium is rugosely punctured. The prosternum forms a 

 slight pointed process behind the front coxae. The sides of the 

 metasternum are rather closely punctured and thinly clothed with 

 short yellow hairs. The front tibia is armed with two strong 

 and sharp teeth, the hind tibia is very short and broad, and the 

 longer claw is cleft on the front and middle feet. 



<$ . The inner front claw is dilated and unequally cleft. 



Length^ 8-5-10 mm. ; breadth, 5-6 mm. 



BUHMA : Pegu, Palon (L. Pea, Aug. & Sept.), Tharrawaddy 

 (G. Q. Corbeti), Kawkareik, Amherst Dist. (F. H. Gravely, Nov.). 



Type in the British Museum. 



186. Anomala siliguria, sp. nov. (Plate III, fig. 31.) 



Pale testaceous, with the elytra very pale, and the head, a vague 

 more or less triangular patch on each side of the pronotum, the 

 scutellum, elytral suture, the abdomen, tibiffi and tarsi reddish, 

 the head and prothorax suffused with a very feeble metallic red 

 lustre. 



