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sternum entirely and rather densely, and the abdomen and 

 extremity of the pygidium very sparsely, clothed with pale 

 yellow hairs. The head is densely punctate-rugose, with the 

 clypeus broad and almost straight in the middle. The pronotum 

 is strongly and rather evenly punctured, with a more or less well- 

 indicated median longitudinal groove ; the sides are angulated near 

 the middle, with the front angles rather acute, the hind angles 

 rather obtuse, and the base gently rounded and not margined. 

 The scutellum is distinctly punctured. The elytra are strongly, 

 closely, and almost conftuently punctured, the punctures at the 

 sides forming impressed rows ; two or three elevated costse out- 

 lined by double rows of punctures are sometimes conspicuous on 

 the dorsal part, but may be partly or wholly effaced. The py- 

 gidium is subrugosely punctured, the punctures being generally 

 large and deep, but sometimes finer and shallower. The meta- 

 sternum is very densely punctured, the abdomen strongly at the 

 sides and sparsely in the middle. There is no mesosternal process. 

 The front tibia is very strongly bidentate, the hind tibia is 

 slender and the longer front and middle claws are cleft. 



c? . The front tibia is very sharply bidentate, and the inner 

 front claw is sharp, rather dilated and deeply cleft. 



Length, 17-18 mm. ; breadth, 9'5-10'o mm. 



UNITED PKOVIXCES: Dehra Dun, Mussoorie, Kamgarh (C. F. C. 

 Beeson, June), Jolikote (May), AV. Almora, Kanikhet (H. G. 

 Champion) ; PUNJAB : Kulu, Simla, Naini Tal (May and June) ; 

 BHUTAN (L. Durel) ; NEPAL: Khatmandu; BENGAL : Buxar Duars 

 (D. Naoroji, May). 



Type in the Paris Museum. 



This species has been taken feeding upon the leaves oF plum. 



216. Anomala flavovaria, sp. nov. 



Black and shiuing, with yellow markings, consisting of a broad 

 irregular lateral border on each side of the pronotum, enclosing a 

 black spot before the middle and emitting an internal branch on 

 each side, beyond the middle, obliquely towards, but not reaching, 

 the base, and a zigzag transverse band common to both elytra 

 about the middle. The pygidium and abdomen are also yellow, 

 but with black stripes at the sutures. 



Oval and moderately convex, with the sternum clothed with 

 short, erect and rather thick yellow hair. The clypeus is i-ugosely 

 punctured, rounded in front and not large, and the forehead and 

 vertex are rather finely and fairly closely punctured, The pro- 

 notum is finely, uniformly and moderately closely punctured, with 

 the sides feebly rounded in the middle, straight in front and 

 behind, with the front angles slightly acute, the hind angles 

 slightly obtuse, and the base not margined. The scutellum is 

 finely punctured, and the elytra are rather deeply sulcate, the 

 sulci containing rather shallow punctures, the intervals convex, 

 the second one very coarsely and irregularly punctured, and the 

 fourth and sixth bearing single rows of rather scanty punctures. 



