ANOMALA. 189 



Small, oval and convex in shape. The head is rugosely punc- 

 tured, with the clypeus broadly rounded and its margin strongly 

 reflexed. The pronotum is strongly, deeply and rather evenly 

 punctured, with its sides strongly and regularly rounded, the 

 front angles almost right angles, the hind angles almost obsolete, 

 and the base completely and finely margined. The scutellum is 

 well punctured, and the elytra are strongly and closely grooved 

 at regular intervals, the grooves containing large closely-set 

 punctures ; the second row of punctures is disrupted in its anterior 

 half. The pygidium is deeply, coarsely and rather closely punc- 

 tured. The sides of the metasternum are strongly punctured 

 and clothed with short and rather scanty yellow hair. The pro- 

 sternum is not distinctly elevated behind the front cox. The 

 front tibia is armed with two strong teeth, the hind tibia is very 

 short and broad, and the longer claw is cleft on the front and 

 middle feet. 



tf . The inner front claw is dilated and very unequally cleft. 



$ . The inner front claw is slender and equally cleft. 



Length, 9-10 mm. ; breadth, 5-5*5 mm. 



UNITED PBOVINCES: Dehra Dun (G. F. 0, Becson)- BENGAL: 

 Siliguri, 3000 ft. (H. M. Lefroy) ; SIKKIM : Mungphu (E. T. 

 Atkinson). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Taken in numbers by Mr/H. M. Lefroy. 



This is very closely related to A. decipiens, but the dark 

 markings upon the pronotum are vague and often scarcely visible. 

 The puncturation is generally stronger than in A. decipiens, 

 especially upon the pygidium. The absence of a prosternal 

 process is a very well-marked distinction, although it is only 

 easily seen when the front legs are drawn forward. 



187. Anomala laeta, sp. nov. 



Bright testaceous yellow, partly or entirely suffused with a 

 greenish or golden metallic lustre, and with the head, the pro- 

 notum (except narrow lateral margins, generally sharply defined), 

 a median and two lateral patches upon the pygidium, the hind 

 tibiae, all the tarsi, and usually the metasternum, coppery or dark 

 metallic green. These dark areas may in certain specimens be 

 almost or entirely wanting. 



This is a small, oval, convex, very smooth and shining species. 

 The clypeus and forehead are rugose, the margin of the former 

 straight in front and strongly reflexed, and the vertex is finely 

 and sparsely punctured. The pronotum is also finely and sparsely 

 punctured, the punctures being a little larger, but not closer, 

 towards the sides : the lateral margins are slightly rounded, the 

 front angles slightly acute, the hind angles distinct but obtuse 

 and the base completely margined. The scutellum bears a few 

 fine punctures, and each elytron has six deeply punctured dorsal 

 strise, the second disrupted in front and abbreviated behind, and 

 the fifth bearing an incomplete series of punctures along the 



